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Witchcraft today?

Posted in Gospel Proclamation, Sabbatarianism & the Church Calendar, Spiritual Warfare; the Occult on October 26, 2021| Leave a Comment »

I paused from my morning series on the Gospel of Luke to preach a topical sermon on the subject of witchcraft. I seek to answer from the Scriptures whether witchcraft is real and whether it is a real threat in the modern day.

Watch the message here.

Following the sermon, we had a youth discussion time, in which we watched the this video that illustrates the allure of contemporary ‘neo-paganism’ and then discussed it critically from Scripture.

While the sermon was not primarily an expose of Halloween, I have preached directly as well as written on that topic in the past.

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Halloween or the Lord’s Day?

Posted in Authored by Site Admin, Gospel Proclamation, Sabbatarianism & the Church Calendar, Spiritual Warfare; the Occult, The Church in America on October 29, 2013| 6 Comments »

Only a few days away from Halloween, I’ve been thinking more about why we don’t celebrate it, as well as reviewing online why other Christians do. I realize that there are many good believers who don’t see a problem with the festivities, and I’m not prepared to discount the evident grace of God that they have. Further, we are, every one of us, filled with sins and blind spots, myself included. But it is troubling to me how little argument is made against Halloween within the Church. So if you’re on the fence – and even if you’re not – may I at least challenge you with the following questions, friend?

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