How should Christians celebrate Halloween?
By Robert T. Frank Chief Executive Officer, Bible League International Here in the U.S., Halloween is regarded as a fun day for kids to dress up and go trick-or-treating. However, the original “holiday,” All Hallow’s Eve, began in the 1500s as something much more dark and sinister. It was a time when evil spirits were believed to be most active and were free to torment humans in advance of All Saints Day the following day. Donning costumes was a way to hide from the evil spirits and “trick” them into leaving you alone. These ideas seem outdated and superstitious in a land where we have a church on almost every street corner and a large percentage of the population who profess to believe in God. While we are spiritual, we don’t give much thought to supernatural forces. I don’t know if it is because we are more apathetic about our faith and therefore less sensitive to these forces, or if we are just more blessed by God and protected than we deserve. In many places of the world, however,
