Halloween or Reformation Day?

Since tomorrow is Reformation Day, on which many will instead celebrate this strange festival known as "Halloween," I thought it wise to post today on "Halloween" and tomorrow on Reformation Day and save the best for last.

My thoughts on Halloween are summed up as follows:

• It is clearly a holiday with pagan, even demonic, roots
• Generally, it is clearly not practiced as such in modern America
• But, it is still pagan in the sense that it does not honor the Triune God
• It overshadows the real meaning of October 31, Reformation Day (see tomorrow)
• It is the only holiday in which children will show up unannounced and uninvited to my door
• Thus it is one of the best opportunities for loving our neighbors and preaching the Gospel with our whole lives

Tomorrow night, my wife and I will be meeting children, handing out candy, building relationships, and talking about Jesus and the men who point us to Him.