Should Christians celebrate Halloween

Scripture does not mention Halloween, so this is a conscience question - and Romans 14 was written precisely so believers could differ on days and observances without tearing each other apart: 'One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind' (Romans 14:5). The biblical boundaries are clear on the extremes: actual occult practice - divination, mediums, seeking the dead - is forbidden in any season (Deuteronomy 18:10-12), and glorifying real evil is out ('Abhor that which is evil', Romans 12:9).

But costumes and candy are not seances, and Scripture nowhere teaches that darkness owns a calendar date or that demons gain power over believers on October 31 - 'greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world' (1 John 4:4). So faithful Christians land in several honorable places: some abstain entirely for conscience's sake; some participate in the innocent parts as neighbors; some deliberately use the one night the neighborhood knocks on their door to be the warmest light on the street (Matthew 5:16). ').

Decide before God for your own house, hold it with grace, and skip what your conscience cannot carry (Romans 14:23).