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Summary: Halloween and Christ?
Review: I have to agree with the fact Christians are trying to make halloween something God wants. Halloween has been changed so it appears to be nothing but fun, however, it all started because some "high priests" long ago wanted to worship the lord of the dead! They taught that the souls of the wicked dead inhabited the bodies of living people. These people would then go scare people until they gave them food, shelter, and entertainment. They also carved faces in pumpkins to help scare the people. Do we really want to continue to support such a thing? In an attempt to get rid of Halloween, the Roman church moved All Saint Day to Nov.1st.... it didn't work.
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Summary: Does "adding Christianity" make something holy?
Review: I would urge my brethren in Christ to consider the principle to be learned from Haggai 2:12&13: "If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean."
Transfer of moral character only works in one direction; association with evil defiles what is good, never the other way around, a principle clearly taught in the New Testament as well. Dear ones in Christ, we should not attempt to "add Christ" to pagan traditions, to teach our children anything. Instead, let us use the opportunity to teach our children what Christ has redeemed them from, and be altogether separated from it.
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Summary: Places jack-o-lanterns in a whole new light
Review: This is the perfect book for bringing a Christian perspective to the celebration of Halloween! Liz Curtis Higgs tells the story of the Farmer, who plants a garden bearing all kinds of vegetables. His favorite vegetable is the pumpkin, which grows in all different sizes and shapes. When it's harvest time, the Farmer carefully picks the pumpkin, scoops out the slimy pulp, carves a face, and places a light inside.The story ends by telling how God is the Farmer, and we are just like those pumpkins, chosen by Him, made clean and given His light. For older readers, this similarity is reinforced by appropriate Bible verses on the bottom of each page. I use this book every year just before Halloween in my third grade Sunday School class. My students are just learning to use their Bibles, so I start by having the kids look up some of the verses before we read the story. Those verses that seemed dry and dusty before the story come alive when we read about the Farmer. I also share this book with my own, younger kids, just before we carve jack-o'-lanterns. We remember the parable and its meaning every time we see one of those grinning pumpkins.
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