10/31/2007: Well…that’s what I’ve been doing for years anyway.

Quite frankly, the Christian apologists are correct when they point at the Pagan origins of Halloween and rightfully question whether Christians ought to be partaking of the activities.

Some churches answer this by having their own celebrations–I remember 4th grade, where the church that I attended had its own Halloween festival. I wore a scary outfit–I think I was disguised as Jimmy Carter (just kidding)–and won a prize. Other Christians completely avoid anything that has to do with Halloween.

Personally, I would love to see Christians embrace the day as their own, for the same reason that Al Mohler of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary provides:

On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther began the Reformation with a declaration that the church must be recalled to the authority of God’s Word and the purity of biblical doctrine. With this in mind, the best Christian response to Halloween might be to scorn the Devil and then pray for the Reformation of Christ’s church on earth. Let’s put the dark side on the defensive.

That would make today the 490th anniversary of Luther’s act of defiance at Wittenburg, which helped deliver The Church from her bondage to the Chief Priests of Rome.

Happy Reformation Day! Let’s pray for another!