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Halloween
For many children, Halloween is a day for dressing up in costumes to get candy and avoid tricks, but the holiday can be complex and controversial for Christian families. Each year, believers debate the holiday’s origins, cultural proclivity for gore and horror, and alternatives.
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Exorcism Movies’ Terrifying Truth
These films are far from theological treatises. But at their best, they depict the reality of evil—and the power of Jesus’ name.
All Saints Die
Our yearly reminder for Christians neither to run from nor to leap toward death, but to learn the art of dying well.
Biblical Beasts and Where to Find Them
What do scriptural accounts of monstrous beings like Leviathan and Behemoth tell us about our experience of the sacred?
Something Fake and Wicked This Way Comes
When our Halloween celebrations domesticate evil, we often miss a chance to see true darkness through the light of Christ.
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Confronting the Darkness in a Year Full of Death
Making sense of a year where millions have lost loved ones to a virus.
The Best of CT: Halloween, Neopaganism, and Witches
Highlights from our archives.
Don’t Worry, There Are More Demons Than You Think
What Halloween gets right about spirits and why Christians have nothing to be afraid of.
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Trick or Treat or Tracts: 1 in 3 Evangelical Pastors Want Gospel Given on Halloween
Meanwhile, 1 in 4 evangelicals said they skipped Halloween entirely last year.
Are Our Cravings a Trick or Treat?
God redeems our physical desires too.
Day of the Dead Gets New Life
What does it mean for this Hispanic celebration to go mainstream?