Halloween Overload, November 2025

As I am writing this letter, America is once again gorging itself on evil and joyfully worshipping Satan. Yes, it’s Halloween. Up until about 50 years ago, kids would dress up as clowns or hobos or princesses, going door-to-door or to houses decorated with pumpkins and cornstalks, signs of the harvest. Somewhere since then, Halloween took a very dark turn.  Ironically, the word Halloween comes from “All Hallows Eve,” the day before All Saints Day on November 1st.  All Saints Day is meant to honor those Christians that have gone to be with the Lord and have left us with examples of how to live a Godly life.

As in all aspects of life, as America has moved away from God, God has allowed America to be given up to “a debased mind and to things that should not be done.” (Romans 1:28). Kids compete to see who can wear the most gruesome costumes, soaked in fake blood, usually incorporating fangs, long knives, hatchets, chain saws, and other hideous paraphernalia.  More and more households now compete to see who can create the most gruesome front yard Halloween displays with graveyards, skeletons, scenes of torture, and mutilations.  Some have even gone so far as to man their horrid creations at night to shock any onlookers with live scare tactics. Commercial haunted houses grow ghastlier and more realistic every year.

As part of this season, we can also expect the usual lineup of scary movies out of Hollywood.  These are not innocent suspense movies.  No, they feature graphic depictions of gratuitous killings, mutilations, beheadings, and torture. The “heroes” of these films are serial killers with names such as Pinhead, Pennywise, Chucky, and Freddy Krueger.  These names are as familiar to the world as Peter and Paul are to Christians.   “Oh, but Pastor, it’s all in fun.  No one takes these things seriously.”  Au contraire!  For one, the more people partake of these shameful and unrighteous displays, the more they are “normalizing” their use.  And while you may think that children have become hardened by these displays, know that such things cause high levels of anxiety, fear, and anti-social behavior.  Most importantly, if people are not only participating in such activities, but also being entertained by them, they are honoring and worshipping Satan.  That does not sit well with God.

Our response as believers?   Do not participate in such things.  Hopefully, that is obvious.  Secondly, if you have children that still celebrate Halloween, try to keep them safe and away from houses decorated in hellish displays.  Arrange your own parties with more wholesome activities.  Keep your eyes open all year round to such evil behaviors and avoid them at all cost. And finally, continue to pray that God will open the eyes of the unsaved so they can see the wide path to destruction that they have chosen.