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All Hallows' Eve

Sermon
by Ronald A. Bell
2020-10-31
Buffalo, NY
Halloween where does it come from and what does it represent? Are Christians to honor it?

Halloween's Dark Roots

Good News
by Good News
In recent years eye-opening materials have been published about the questionable background of Halloween.

In the Name of Jesus Christ, Cliché’, Tag Line, or Hallowed

Sermon
by Carl Kinsella
2019-10-05
Salem, OR
We all have heard words and phrases that worn out, overused to the point they don’t carry much meaning, or they may be words that we quickly add to the end of a slogan. For example, someone says Lay’s potato chips, and you finish with, “I...

Commercialized Holidays, Is There an Alternative?

Blogs
by Don Hooser
We sincerely hope that in the very near future you and your children will learn more about God's Holy Days and begin observing them rather than Halloween and other days of pagan origin that are of no value for teaching spiritual truths.

Halloween is fun! What's the problem?

Beyond Today Dailys
by Darris McNeely, Steve Myers
2012-10-31
Why would you want to stop kids from the fun and excitement of Halloween? Does it really matter?

Is Halloween Harmless

Beyond Today
by Jerold Aust
Every year at Halloween, well-meaning parents dress their children in grotesque and ghoulish costumes. Is Halloween really harmless? Who and what’s behind this bizarre holiday?
A child carry a jack-o-lantern bucket for candy.

Is Halloween Harmless?

Good News
by Jerold Aust
Every year at Halloween, well-meaning parents dress their children in grotesque and ghoulish costumes. Is Halloween really harmless? Who and what's behind this bizarre holiday?

Behind the Mask

Beyond Today Television Program
by Steve Myers, Gary Petty, Darris McNeely
2009-10-25
What image comes to mind about Halloween? Just a night of fun or a holiday devoted to spirits who oppose God? You need to know.

Halloween Is Not of God

Sermon
by Craig Scott
2012-10-13
Raleigh, NC
Halloween's timing and theme serve as a counterfeit version of God’s fall Feast days, drawing people away from the truth of the plan of God for all of humanity and what happens after death.
Halloween drawings on pumpkins.

Halloween Is Horrible

Blogs
by Don Hooser
Most folks who celebrate Halloween are nice people, but that doesn’t make Halloween nice.
Little children dressed up in Halloween costumes trick or treating.

Ghouls, Ghosts and Goblins

Good News
by Gary Petty
It seems like such harmless fun—children dressed as witches, skeletons or Darth Vader ringing the doorbell, enthusiastically announcing, "Trick or treat!" But is this preoccupation with the dead, witches and demons really harmless? And do...

Halloween: Behind the Mask

Beyond Today
by Jerold Aust
Every year, on the evening of Oct. 31, millions of families celebrate a distinctly odd holiday known as Halloween. For your own good, you need to know what lurks behind the mask of Halloween.

Don't Kid Yourself About Halloween

Beyond Today Dailys
by Darris McNeely, Steve Myers
2012-10-30
There is a real spiritual force at the center of Halloween. It is more than dressing up in costumes with a temporary identity.
BT Daily: Seasoned with Salt

Seasoned with Salt

Beyond Today Dailys
by Darris McNeely
2020-09-02
The apostle Paul uses an analogy about salt to remind us how to speak to one another.
BT Daily: What Is the Best Way to Know God?

What Is the Best Way to Know God?

Beyond Today Dailys
by Darris McNeely
2020-07-09
There are specific things we can do to draw closer to God.

Did Adam and Eve Eat a Forbidden Apple?

Beyond Today Dailys
by Steve Myers
2011-11-28
Steve Myers answers a viewer's question about a graphic used on a recent Beyond Today program.
BT Daily: Stop Playing the Blame Game

Stop Playing the Blame Game

Beyond Today Dailys
by Steve Myers
2019-03-07
We all have a tendency to blame other people or our circumstances for our problems.
a woman standing in a dark room in front of a glowing Christmas tree

Superstition

Blogs
by Kathy Sanny
Has our worship of God become more superstition than a practice of honoring the King of Kings and Lord of Lords?
A carved pumpkin.

Halloween: Behind the Mask

Good News
by Jerold Aust
Every year, on the evening of Oct. 31, millions of families celebrate a distinctly odd holiday known as Halloween. For your own good, you need to know what lurks behind the mask of Halloween.

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