I consider it one of those cultural blind spots that American (and some other Westerners) believers tend to have - growing up with Halloween being considered a positive and fun holiday it is considered ok, while Christians from other countries which don't have that celebration as part of their historical culture at all have a hard time understanding why any serious Christ follower would take part in an activity which ostensibly is intended to celebrate some very un-Christian beliefs. And sure you can try to "Christianize" it, but that leaves others wondering why would you? Why not just leave it alone and let unbelievers have their pagan festival if they want to?
I'm from Eastern Europe and I cant fathom ?HOW? can American Christians celebrate this holiday??? To me this is "bipolar" ... I DONT UNDERSTAND IT - how can leading your little dressed up kids through the dark streets decorated with "Spiders, bones, vampires & DEATH" be a good thing?????????? Im absolutely completely lost on how can this can possibly be "GOOD" or "FUN"???? Please, I mean no disrespect, but I truly can not comprehend the logic!
I agree. Why would Christ-followers "Christianize" a holiday that is mainly focused on witches, zombies, blood and gore, things we would NEVER want to actually happen to us in real life. I know a lot of Christians participate in "trunk or treats" at church where kids are simply dressed in princess and superhero costumes, which in and of itsself isn't wrong and I don't want to be condemning toward them. :) But my opinion is that I would rather not participate at all in a holiday (or try to "Christianize" it) that is so clearly mainly focused on things that the Bible would say is sin. That's my two cents, I'm sure it's not a popular one, but that's where I'm at. :) Love you Allie, thanks for sharing!
@Annath Nokturhl , with all due respect, I would challenge you to read my comments again. I did not say anything hateful. This is social media where we can all have a say, and I was sharing my thoughts. And as for "judging".... I believe that I should use my good judgment respecting Halloween and everything else. Judgment is seen in our culture most often as a negative and hateful thing. I guess it depends on your definition of the word. But I believe that good judgment for how I live my life is a very good thing. We all judge regarding different things and I would challenge you to look up the definition of the word. :) Also, if you claim to be a Christ-follower, I would also challenge you to read Philippians 4:8. Food for thought regarding Halloween movies. And please don't respond unless it's respectful dialogue, thank you. :)
@Annath Nokturhl , ma'am, I will not be reading anymore of your comments after this, it's simply not productive. You seem to be bent on being unkind to people. You dont have to read ANY of my comments, feel free to keep scrolling if you can't read it all. I did not "literally" say that Halloween is Satanic (look up the word "literally"). I said that I would rather not participate in a holiday that is clearly mainly focused on things that God's Word says is sin. Have a nice day, I am not reading anymore of your comments, its not productive.
@Annath Nokturhl how???? It seams to me to be the other way around. To me Christian culture is not the same as American culture. In every contry there are elements of culture that are counter to the teachings of Christ. And we are called to reject thise things if we are the children of light - Halloween is the dark side of culture. Thuss I fail to understand its "goodness".
Sadly I think on this subject Allie, you have a bias. I would have loved to hear you get into the real Background on this holiday and all the supportive scripture that would support not participating in it. That would have been great
Doesn't it make more sense to bring a Christian aspect into something secular so then they see that Christians are different and their message from God offers hope? Sitting back and doing nothing only enables it right?
There’s no bias. It’s very obvious and when you have conviction/discernment you know this is spiritually dissociating you. The background is easily accessible and obvious: look up Samhain worship. This is a European witchcraft attempt and everything that we modernized is in fact a deity concept of the “thinning of the veil of the mystical and the living” but this should not have to be said. If we saw demons and the angels fighting everyday around us why are we inviting them and slowing this worship to become a part of our soul. It’s very serious in actuality. And if you can’t bring Jesus to the party why are Christians doing it? It doesn’t make any sense to me
Last year I saw lots of blood and gore yard decorations and zombie type stuff. It depressed/ caused panic in me, I’ve actually seen a deceased loved one in a grotesque state.... I wondered how many veterans or children of deceased or injured veterans saw those decorations and felt the same as me.. idk...it’s a difficult season to navigate.
"people loved it" "people said this, people said that" What does God say? Does He ask us to redeem things that have dark roots? Or does he ask us to not take part in them at all? I disagree with her opinion 100%
Fatima de la Vega if that’s how you feel about Halloween I would hope that’s how you feel about Christian rap, Christian hip hop, Christian rock or anything else that has pagan roots.
I'm from Eastern Europe and I cant fathom ?HOW? can American Christians celebrate this holiday??? To me this is "bipolar" ... I DONT UNDERSTAND IT - how can leading your little dressed up kids through the dark streets decorated with "Spiders, bones, vampires & DEATH" be a good thing?????????? Im absolutely completely lost on ?how? can this possibly be "GOOD" or "FUN" for your kids souls???? Please, I mean no disrespect, but I truly can not comprehend the logic!
@@meettheoutlaw.8278 With all dew respect I dont understand how you can say that; It is like saying " we don't celebrate Christmas, we just put up Christmas decorations, buy lots of gifts and have fun with our families..." I think you just haven't thought it through... (and I dont blame you)... but consider this --- the word [CELEBRATE] means to DO all the things you have listed.
I think staying at your house and giving out tracts is a good idea, but I don’t understand how going trick-or-treating is a good idea because Halloween decorations are scary. When I was younger, I hated October because I hated seeing so many scary things while simply driving down the street to school. It doesn’t seem like an edifying event at all. Witches are real (just not how we imagine them with green skin and a broom stick) and many evil things occur on Halloween night like animal and child sacrifices. (Just wanted to point that out because Allie said witches aren’t real-though I think she just meant the green broomstick ones)
even if you don't dress your kids in the horror costumes they are going to be out seeing other people wearing them and glorifying it and knowing that they are celebrating the exact same things as those kids are.
Allie usually is spot on because she actually reads and believes the Bible. However, this time I simply do not understand how the simple truth in the Bible can be completely overlooked. At one point Allie says witches aren’t real, has she read 1 Samuel 28? This along with the rest of the celebration of Halloween in this episode shows a complete ignorance of how real evil is. The devil of scripture is the second most powerful being in the universe. I do not see how incorporating as much of Halloween as you can without being too “scary” is what we are instructed to do. It is not about scary it is about how everything used in Halloween is unholy, it is the highest day of the Satanic calendar. In the Bible all these evil things are treated as just as real as all the good things. Sorry, but it seems very hypocritical to talk out of one side of your mouth about the reality of God and his kingdom and his glory, and pretend that the entire evil realm is somehow make-believe, and use the Bible as your source document. (How Allies’ mom gets justification for the skeletons of Halloween out of Ezekiel 37 is an example of a hermeneutic which in nearly any other circumstance sheet of abhores). Most of the things used in Halloween have meanings anti-thetical to Christianity. The vampires whether you believe they are real or not are drinking blood in direct contradiction to what God instructs in Genesis 9. The skeletons are a symbol of death God is a God of life, John 14:6. Virtually all of these things are designed to instill fear which is also against God‘s instruction Joshua 1:9, etc. And finally witches are band in the old testament, and they are real. If you don’t believe that a lot of these things are real you probably live in a Christian bubble and it will be popped someday.
I agree...I just watched another Halloween interview she did about Halloween..the guest speakers saying it was not Pagan... and she is usually spot on as you said
I love your work Allie and appreciate your conversation with your mom, but I was hoping for a more Biblical conversation on discernment and what not! But it was still cool to hear you and your mom talk! If anyone's interested, Mike Winger has a pretty balanced and Biblical analysis of Halloween that you should check out!
@@PrincessTatyanna that's why allie's mom goes into detail about not using decorations that are dark or Satanic. She uses it as an opportunity to evangelize. Why shut the door on 300 trick or treaters when that could be a moment to evangelize?
Your are very blessed to have such a wonderful mother 😊. In New Zealand we've only just started celebrating Halloween recently. All the churches in our town put on a light party. No Halloween costumes. Free food for all and carnival rides. It's really fun
Ok, this video came to through a separate contented whose video your mother commented on…I know your name and I so searched. This was the video I prayed for. THIS is exactly what I am going to do. This is how I believe the Lord is guiding me to celebrate this “holiday “. Thank you Jesus!
When I was a child, we would dress up in princess and cowboy or superhero costumes. The only decorating Mom did was the Jack o'Lantern we carved a family to scare away the bad stuff (it was always a smiling Jack o 'Lantern as nothing scares evil like the joy of a Christian). This was the original purpose of the Jack o' Lantern. I decorate for fall, don't get into the scary stuff at all. My ceramic Jack o'Lantern comes out on the 31st, and is out away on the 1st. Mostly, I remember my Dad and his sister as it was their birthday and thank God for the blessings of their lives.
key here is defining what "celebrate" means. Majority of people, including Christians, who recognize Halloween (e.g. Harvest carnivals at church) look at it only as a fun day to dress up and collect candy. Nothing deeper than that... no pagan worship attached, no "accidental" conjuring of evil spirits, no Ouija boards or animal sacrifices. It's a little like the yoga debate... unless one applies the meditation pieces of it, simply stretching and contorting your body on a mat is not a spiritual exercise. Now there definitely is a line that Christians should not cross (aforementioned examples, blood, gore, zombies, ghosts, witches, etc) but let's not over exaggerate the concerns either... people aren't being duped to participate in a religious ceremony simply by dressing as a clown or a cowboy. If anything, some Easter and Christmas traditions also are influenced by paganism as are various movies, songs, concerts and other influences. Remember, man looks at the outward appearance but God looks at the heart.
Modern Halloween is no more “pagan” than anything else. Many people like to associate modern Halloween with three things: The old Celtic New Year’s celebration of Samhain (in asserting that most of Halloween’s customs can be traced to Samhain celebrations); Satanism; and All Saints Day (asserting that the early church established the holiday to “Christianize” Samhain). These associations, however, are more wishful thinking than anything. Samhain/Halloween is to some people a very spiritual and magickal time of the year; for some it’s a time of fun and candy, perhaps a way to celebrate Fall in general. Still for others, perhaps a time to contemplate their own mortality since the modern holiday mocks death. Some perhaps are not quite sure what to make of it and prefer to steer clear of it, but however you wish to celebrate it….or not - Halloween, in and of itself, is only ‘evil’ if one chooses to make it so.
Halloween is the most secular holiday on the calendar. The way Halloween is understood, in the society of lay-people, is *less* religious than the fake, commercialized, twisted version of Easter that's all bunny rabbits and yellow marshmallows shaped like baby chickens, and has nothing remotely to do with the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Halloween is MORE secular than that. I don't have the slightest problem with young kids putting on costumes, and going trick-or-treating, or even young adults watching scary movies and going to "haunted" corn mazes. *However.* I emphatically believe there's a line between harmless, spooky fun, and a sort of death fetishism, which shouldn't be crossed. I don't want to walk into a gas station, and see a rather realistic mockup display of a decapitated person strapped to a chair. I saw such a display once, and that is not even remotely okay.
I agree with you on so much but this made me sad. Tbh this year was the first year I considered to pass out candy with the Truth on it about Halloween and it’s evil roots. We don’t have to dig far to see that it is pure evil. Walk into any store... but now I’m thinking to avoid it altogether... still trying to decide what to do. We don’t participate in the trick or treating , to be a part of this dark holiday when evil things happen the most. It sounds like you and your mom have a lot of good memories from this holiday and “nostalgia” which doesn’t let you see past it at Gods Word. And yes witches are real. Allie, how about the satanist that said that he is so happy that Christians let their children participate in Halloween?
😅 '90s kid here and I still remember Lamb Chop's Play-Along! 🎃 Anyway, I'm not going to stop celebrating the very secularized Halloween. I like how Mama Stuckey brought the 'holy' back to Halloween. She is a very smart woman.
I absolutely love your moms creative ideas about adding a bible verse to banners and the other cute decorations. I want to start that kind of tradition. I dont know how it never crossed my mind to redeem Halloween witht he word of God.
Yes it is okay to celebrate Halloween. So much fun taking little ones out. The mass majority do not worship Satan and do rituals, or are temped to do that. It is pure fun going house to house getting candy. It is something we do not have to get religous about.
@@tammyflashy9328 death? nothing. we all die at one point.people dont really like to talk about death but it may come at any moment. only God knows.BUUUT glorifying deathis a whole another thing. God represent life, the devil represents death. this generation LOOOVES death and hates life more and more. we are all terifyed of it for a reason we all ignore.the Bible says that the fear of death hunts us till the end.but us as Christians(born again christians, no religion at all) know where we are going, we saw how the Bible was true on the fact that all men are evil, becouse we really are, and if we don't put our trust in someone that can just do the job for us, we will live in this evil world and eventually die in hell.you and I and everyone really, have the desire to live, even if you have toughts of death, I had and have too but that's a battle a lot of us fight. but the thing is that we all WANT TO LIVE, and when Jesus died on the cross he just took every single evil thing from us and freely gave us eternal life, as in a court, he payed our fine, if you are in court and someone pays your fine, you are free even thou you are guilty, that is what Jesus did on the cross....but men distorted it with religion and all kind of stuff.... w e are so lost that we embrace death, and even glorify it....death is a scarry thing, we all want to live, so in conclusion glorifying death is NOT what we should glorify.... you dont know when you are gonna die, so you migh want to turn your love to life and no t death
Really Now people dressed up as dead people? The fact that we ar actually trying harder than ever to make the decorations Look Even scarryer, blood everywhere, demons used as decorations as well, witchcraft, idk....just the aestethics tells you a lot about this Halloween thing
So interesting the way your mom transformed holyween decorating and how to share the gospel through it. I looked through your Instagram and didn’t find the pictures. Love a link to find them for us visual peeps! 😅🥴🤓🥳
I feel like some Christians have fond memories of Halloween and defend it at all costs and those of us who have seen or experienced the wickedness of the Occult on this day, avoid it at all costs. We have avoided it some years, participated at church harvest parties and passed out bible tracks and treats. God’s grace is over all. But personally, I would really prefer to skip all the Halloween stuff altogether.
I grew up celebrating halloween as a child from a Christian home, I felt compromised many times by the evil things that are involved, the homes decorated, the other costumes, the shows, the events at school, etc. There really is no way to celebrate the good, it is a holiday that is centered around evil and its seems to be darker all the time. I've seen Christians participate in darker things that I didnt see Christians participate in when I was young. I have found the arguments against Halloween and many, many verses the Bible has to say about evil far more convincing than what, often seems like, Christians justifying participating in something they want to do more than what is right. When I married my husband and I decided not to participate with our kids. I have found that I have had more opportunity to talk to others because we don't celebrate. Even non Christians I talk to get it, yeah, it doesn't glorify God. We don't reach people for the gospel by becoming more like the culture. And by not participating also doesn't mean we miss opportunities to proclaim the gospel.
I grew up doing Halloween because that’s what I was taught I didn’t know any better but as a Christian mother we do not do Halloween not even the so called trunk or treats and not even pumpkins. Halloween is not a Christian holiday. To be honest we don’t do holidays at all in my family but Christmas and Easter and Christmas isn’t a Santa and Easter isn’t a Easter bunny in our home. We do the true meaning of it the other so called holidays are just of the world and we are not to seek worldly things.
Couldn't find The Video where you talked about that God is grey girl, I Thank you for going out of your way to call her out. She spews much false teaching it's incredible. God Bless you sister be encouraged. If you do have a Link pls send.
LordofTheharvest73 go for it please. People need to hear why she is not a true Christian. You could start by saying God is not gray at all He deals in absolutes and is whiter than snow. Then go from there. There’s a plethora of stuff to expose her on. Let me know so I can watch like and support your video.
@Annath Nokturhl You know how the left lies by distorting conservatives' views, such as implying conservatives want zero government when, in truth, conservatives desire smaller, limited government? Well, you just imitated the left's trickery. . You -- unnecessarily -- called someone with whom you disagree a name ("Mr. Grinch"). Someone else called you on it; you replied that the one correcting you believes, like many leftists, that "everything is offensive." . Nein -- das ist nicht wahr! . The person did not say everything is offensive; rather, you clearly exaggerated that person's purport. In truth, the person claimed that your gratuitous name-calling was precisely that -- improper. Doubtless, quite a difference between what that person said and how you represented it! .
Lambchop?!? I LOVED Sherri Lewis This is the song that doesn’t end! It goes on and on my friend. Some people, started singing it not knowing what it was. And they’ll continue singing it forever just because this is the son that doesn’t end. It goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it not knowing what it was. And they’ll continue singing fit forever just because....
do one on short hair thats horrible for a Christain women . may be okay in the luke warm Church.. Shecseems sweet. but butched hair on a Christain women is plain wrong.
Halloween is Catholic. All Hallows Eve! just celebrate it the Christian way! ❤ Dress up as Saints, Hand out blessed candy, decorate for Fall (no ugly grotesque decorations), read about church martyrs, pray for souls in purgatory.
Lord save you from your misinformed opinions... Satan runs amok in the modern church kept alive by fear, lack of faith, and the pretense of false teachings! Druids did not know God nor Satan. Nor did the Norse Pagans. Jesus defeated Satan but so many Christians keep him alive. Halloween (Samhain) was a celebration of ancestors to help them rest in peace and driving out evil spirits by being more frightening than the spirits themselves.
Well, I'm Celtic so... Yay! I guess that means all the Halloween dark arts for me and none for thee! Really, I haven't celebrated Halloween in years. Not for religious reasons, it's just not my thing. But since there are no such things as vampires, werewolves, witches, zombies, etc. I fail to see how celebrating Halloween in any form is a celebration of evil as such. It seems to me that this holiday is just an excuse to have fun. And on a side note, wiccans aren't evil. They're funny, but not evil. Also, I love that you used to dress up like Lamb Chop!
I consider it one of those cultural blind spots that American (and some other Westerners) believers tend to have - growing up with Halloween being considered a positive and fun holiday it is considered ok, while Christians from other countries which don't have that celebration as part of their historical culture at all have a hard time understanding why any serious Christ follower would take part in an activity which ostensibly is intended to celebrate some very un-Christian beliefs. And sure you can try to "Christianize" it, but that leaves others wondering why would you? Why not just leave it alone and let unbelievers have their pagan festival if they want to?
I'm from Eastern Europe and I cant fathom ?HOW? can American Christians celebrate this holiday??? To me this is "bipolar" ... I DONT UNDERSTAND IT - how can leading your little dressed up kids through the dark streets decorated with "Spiders, bones, vampires & DEATH" be a good thing?????????? Im absolutely completely lost on how can this can possibly be "GOOD" or "FUN"???? Please, I mean no disrespect, but I truly can not comprehend the logic!
I agree. Why would Christ-followers "Christianize" a holiday that is mainly focused on witches, zombies, blood and gore, things we would NEVER want to actually happen to us in real life. I know a lot of Christians participate in "trunk or treats" at church where kids are simply dressed in princess and superhero costumes, which in and of itsself isn't wrong and I don't want to be condemning toward them. :) But my opinion is that I would rather not participate at all in a holiday (or try to "Christianize" it) that is so clearly mainly focused on things that the Bible would say is sin. That's my two cents, I'm sure it's not a popular one, but that's where I'm at. :)
Love you Allie, thanks for sharing!
@Annath Nokturhl , with all due respect, I would challenge you to read my comments again. I did not say anything hateful. This is social media where we can all have a say, and I was sharing my thoughts. And as for "judging".... I believe that I should use my good judgment respecting Halloween and everything else. Judgment is seen in our culture most often as a negative and hateful thing. I guess it depends on your definition of the word. But I believe that good judgment for how I live my life is a very good thing. We all judge regarding different things and I would challenge you to look up the definition of the word. :)
Also, if you claim to be a Christ-follower, I would also challenge you to read Philippians 4:8. Food for thought regarding Halloween movies. And please don't respond unless it's respectful dialogue, thank you. :)
@Annath Nokturhl , ma'am, I will not be reading anymore of your comments after this, it's simply not productive. You seem to be bent on being unkind to people. You dont have to read ANY of my comments, feel free to keep scrolling if you can't read it all. I did not "literally" say that Halloween is Satanic (look up the word "literally"). I said that I would rather not participate in a holiday that is clearly mainly focused on things that God's Word says is sin.
Have a nice day, I am not reading anymore of your comments, its not productive.
@Annath Nokturhl how???? It seams to me to be the other way around. To me Christian culture is not the same as American culture. In every contry there are elements of culture that are counter to the teachings of Christ. And we are called to reject thise things if we are the children of light - Halloween is the dark side of culture. Thuss I fail to understand its "goodness".
Sadly I think on this subject Allie, you have a bias. I would have loved to hear you get into the real Background on this holiday and all the supportive scripture that would support not participating in it. That would have been great
Probably did not do it because there is none.
Doesn't it make more sense to bring a Christian aspect into something secular so then they see that Christians are different and their message from God offers hope? Sitting back and doing nothing only enables it right?
There’s no bias. It’s very obvious and when you have conviction/discernment you know this is spiritually dissociating you. The background is easily accessible and obvious: look up Samhain worship. This is a European witchcraft attempt and everything that we modernized is in fact a deity concept of the “thinning of the veil of the mystical and the living” but this should not have to be said. If we saw demons and the angels fighting everyday around us why are we inviting them and slowing this worship to become a part of our soul. It’s very serious in actuality. And if you can’t bring Jesus to the party why are Christians doing it? It doesn’t make any sense to me
Last year I saw lots of blood and gore yard decorations and zombie type stuff. It depressed/ caused panic in me, I’ve actually seen a deceased loved one in a grotesque state.... I wondered how many veterans or children of deceased or injured veterans saw those decorations and felt the same as me..
idk...it’s a difficult season to navigate.
"people loved it" "people said this, people said that"
What does God say?
Does He ask us to redeem things that have dark roots? Or does he ask us to not take part in them at all?
I disagree with her opinion 100%
Fatima de la Vega if that’s how you feel about Halloween I would hope that’s how you feel about Christian rap, Christian hip hop, Christian rock or anything else that has pagan roots.
I'm from Eastern Europe and I cant fathom ?HOW? can American Christians celebrate this holiday??? To me this is "bipolar" ... I DONT UNDERSTAND IT - how can leading your little dressed up kids through the dark streets decorated with "Spiders, bones, vampires & DEATH" be a good thing??????????
Im absolutely completely lost on
?how? can this possibly be "GOOD" or "FUN" for your kids souls????
Please, I mean no disrespect, but I truly can not comprehend the logic!
Tropical Garden 100% agree!
Honestly I agree, Halloween is evil period...
We don't celebrate it,we just like to dress up,give out candy, and have a fun time with our families.
@@meettheoutlaw.8278 With all dew respect I dont understand how you can say that; It is like saying " we don't celebrate Christmas, we just put up Christmas decorations, buy lots of gifts and have fun with our families..." I think you just haven't thought it through... (and I dont blame you)... but consider this --- the word [CELEBRATE] means to DO all the things you have listed.
@@tropicalgarden2884 we don't celebrate it for what satanists or pagans would believe.
I think staying at your house and giving out tracts is a good idea, but I don’t understand how going trick-or-treating is a good idea because Halloween decorations are scary. When I was younger, I hated October because I hated seeing so many scary things while simply driving down the street to school. It doesn’t seem like an edifying event at all.
Witches are real (just not how we imagine them with green skin and a broom stick) and many evil things occur on Halloween night like animal and child sacrifices. (Just wanted to point that out because Allie said witches aren’t real-though I think she just meant the green broomstick ones)
Modern day "Witches" are real, I spoke to one while evangelizing. As the occult and evil, Satan and his demons are real and present in this world.
Depends what you mean by “witch”.
...You watch too many movies.
even if you don't dress your kids in the horror costumes they are going to be out seeing other people wearing them and glorifying it and knowing that they are celebrating the exact same things as those kids are.
Allie usually is spot on because she actually reads and believes the Bible. However, this time I simply do not understand how the simple truth in the Bible can be completely overlooked. At one point Allie says witches aren’t real, has she read 1 Samuel 28? This along with the rest of the celebration of Halloween in this episode shows a complete ignorance of how real evil is. The devil of scripture is the second most powerful being in the universe. I do not see how incorporating as much of Halloween as you can without being too “scary” is what we are instructed to do. It is not about scary it is about how everything used in Halloween is unholy, it is the highest day of the Satanic calendar. In the Bible all these evil things are treated as just as real as all the good things. Sorry, but it seems very hypocritical to talk out of one side of your mouth about the reality of God and his kingdom and his glory, and pretend that the entire evil realm is somehow make-believe, and use the Bible as your source document. (How Allies’ mom gets justification for the skeletons of Halloween out of Ezekiel 37 is an example of a hermeneutic which in nearly any other circumstance sheet of abhores). Most of the things used in Halloween have meanings anti-thetical to Christianity. The vampires whether you believe they are real or not are drinking blood in direct contradiction to what God instructs in Genesis 9. The skeletons are a symbol of death God is a God of life, John 14:6. Virtually all of these things are designed to instill fear which is also against God‘s instruction Joshua 1:9, etc. And finally witches are band in the old testament, and they are real. If you don’t believe that a lot of these things are real you probably live in a Christian bubble and it will be popped someday.
Christmas is pagan. So is Easter. You have a lot to learn. 😂
I agree...I just watched another Halloween interview she did about Halloween..the guest speakers saying it was not Pagan... and she is usually spot on as you said
I love your work Allie and appreciate your conversation with your mom, but I was hoping for a more Biblical conversation on discernment and what not! But it was still cool to hear you and your mom talk! If anyone's interested, Mike Winger has a pretty balanced and Biblical analysis of Halloween that you should check out!
I just watched Mike's video
Yes! It’s not about justifying sin, it’s about defining what the sin is and doing things in a holy way instead.
Allie Beene Halloween is not holy
@@PrincessTatyanna that's why allie's mom goes into detail about not using decorations that are dark or Satanic. She uses it as an opportunity to evangelize. Why shut the door on 300 trick or treaters when that could be a moment to evangelize?
As an ancient millennial, I fondly recall Lamb Chop's Play-Along.
The only way to look at Halloween as “God Honoring” is to NOT celebrate some thing that worships the devil!
Your are very blessed to have such a wonderful mother 😊. In New Zealand we've only just started celebrating Halloween recently. All the churches in our town put on a light party. No Halloween costumes. Free food for all and carnival rides. It's really fun
Ok, this video came to through a separate contented whose video your mother commented on…I know your name and I so searched. This was the video I prayed for. THIS is exactly what I am going to do. This is how I believe the Lord is guiding me to celebrate this “holiday “. Thank you Jesus!
When I was a child, we would dress up in princess and cowboy or superhero costumes. The only decorating Mom did was the Jack o'Lantern we carved a family to scare away the bad stuff (it was always a smiling Jack o 'Lantern as nothing scares evil like the joy of a Christian). This was the original purpose of the Jack o' Lantern. I decorate for fall, don't get into the scary stuff at all. My ceramic Jack o'Lantern comes out on the 31st, and is out away on the 1st. Mostly, I remember my Dad and his sister as it was their birthday and thank God for the blessings of their lives.
Correction should read as a family
key here is defining what "celebrate" means. Majority of people, including Christians, who recognize Halloween (e.g. Harvest carnivals at church) look at it only as a fun day to dress up and collect candy. Nothing deeper than that... no pagan worship attached, no "accidental" conjuring of evil spirits, no Ouija boards or animal sacrifices. It's a little like the yoga debate... unless one applies the meditation pieces of it, simply stretching and contorting your body on a mat is not a spiritual exercise. Now there definitely is a line that Christians should not cross (aforementioned examples, blood, gore, zombies, ghosts, witches, etc) but let's not over exaggerate the concerns either... people aren't being duped to participate in a religious ceremony simply by dressing as a clown or a cowboy. If anything, some Easter and Christmas traditions also are influenced by paganism as are various movies, songs, concerts and other influences. Remember, man looks at the outward appearance but God looks at the heart.
Modern Halloween is no more “pagan” than anything else. Many people like to associate modern Halloween with three things: The old Celtic New Year’s celebration of Samhain (in asserting that most of Halloween’s customs can be traced to Samhain celebrations); Satanism; and All Saints Day (asserting that the early church established the holiday to “Christianize” Samhain). These associations, however, are more wishful thinking than anything.
Samhain/Halloween is to some people a very spiritual and magickal time of the year; for some it’s a time of fun and candy, perhaps a way to celebrate Fall in general. Still for others, perhaps a time to contemplate their own mortality since the modern holiday mocks death. Some perhaps are not quite sure what to make of it and prefer to steer clear of it, but however you wish to celebrate it….or not - Halloween, in and of itself, is only ‘evil’ if one chooses to make it so.
Halloween is the most secular holiday on the calendar. The way Halloween is understood, in the society of lay-people, is *less* religious than the fake, commercialized, twisted version of Easter that's all bunny rabbits and yellow marshmallows shaped like baby chickens, and has nothing remotely to do with the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Halloween is MORE secular than that. I don't have the slightest problem with young kids putting on costumes, and going trick-or-treating, or even young adults watching scary movies and going to "haunted" corn mazes. *However.* I emphatically believe there's a line between harmless, spooky fun, and a sort of death fetishism, which shouldn't be crossed. I don't want to walk into a gas station, and see a rather realistic mockup display of a decapitated person strapped to a chair. I saw such a display once, and that is not even remotely okay.
I agree with you on so much but this made me sad. Tbh this year was the first year I considered to pass out candy with the Truth on it about Halloween and it’s evil roots. We don’t have to dig far to see that it is pure evil. Walk into any store... but now I’m thinking to avoid it altogether... still trying to decide what to do. We don’t participate in the trick or treating , to be a part of this dark holiday when evil things happen the most. It sounds like you and your mom have a lot of good memories from this holiday and “nostalgia” which doesn’t let you see past it at Gods Word. And yes witches are real. Allie, how about the satanist that said that he is so happy that Christians let their children participate in Halloween?
Its still celebrating the day regardless of saying its NOT
Do you celebrate the other 2 holy days
Maybe they do.
😅 '90s kid here and I still remember Lamb Chop's Play-Along!
🎃 Anyway, I'm not going to stop celebrating the very secularized Halloween.
I like how Mama Stuckey brought the 'holy' back to Halloween. She is a very smart woman.
I absolutely love your moms creative ideas about adding a bible verse to banners and the other cute decorations. I want to start that kind of tradition. I dont know how it never crossed my mind to redeem Halloween witht he word of God.
Well, Christians have already redeemed Halloween, and it is called Recormation Day. Kind of a big deal!
@@timvandermey4792 I've never heard of that
. oh, sorry 😊 Reformation Day. Without a typo!
Yes it is okay to celebrate Halloween. So much fun taking little ones out. The mass majority do not worship Satan and do rituals, or are temped to do that. It is pure fun going house to house getting candy. It is something we do not have to get religous about.
Glorify death? Nah
What’s wrong with death?
@@tammyflashy9328 death? nothing. we all die at one point.people dont really like to talk about death but it may come at any moment. only God knows.BUUUT glorifying deathis a whole another thing. God represent life, the devil represents death. this generation LOOOVES death and hates life more and more. we are all terifyed of it for a reason we all ignore.the Bible says that the fear of death hunts us till the end.but us as Christians(born again christians, no religion at all) know where we are going, we saw how the Bible was true on the fact that all men are evil, becouse we really are, and if we don't put our trust in someone that can just do the job for us, we will live in this evil world and eventually die in hell.you and I and everyone really, have the desire to live, even if you have toughts of death, I had and have too but that's a battle a lot of us fight. but the thing is that we all WANT TO LIVE, and when Jesus died on the cross he just took every single evil thing from us and freely gave us eternal life, as in a court, he payed our fine, if you are in court and someone pays your fine, you are free even thou you are guilty, that is what Jesus did on the cross....but men distorted it with religion and all kind of stuff.... w e are so lost that we embrace death, and even glorify it....death is a scarry thing, we all want to live, so in conclusion glorifying death is NOT what we should glorify.... you dont know when you are gonna die, so you migh want to turn your love to life and no
t death
How is it glorying death?
Really Now people dressed up as dead people? The fact that we ar actually trying harder than ever to make the decorations Look Even scarryer, blood everywhere, demons used as decorations as well, witchcraft, idk....just the aestethics tells you a lot about this Halloween thing
@Ignore MePlease Is that it? That’s not glorifying death it’s just people trying to scare each other.
Yes. In England it’s part of our culture going back thousands of years.
I really enjoyed this perspective on this topic. Great conversation!
Didnt you say you're against the enneagram because of the roots it came from? Yet you don't apply that to halloween? Interesting
So interesting the way your mom transformed holyween decorating and how to share the gospel through it. I looked through your Instagram and didn’t find the pictures. Love a link to find them for us visual peeps! 😅🥴🤓🥳
Creative way to spread the word. 😁
I feel like some Christians have fond memories of Halloween and defend it at all costs and those of us who have seen or experienced the wickedness of the Occult on this day, avoid it at all costs. We have avoided it some years, participated at church harvest parties and passed out bible tracks and treats. God’s grace is over all. But personally, I would really prefer to skip all the Halloween stuff altogether.
I grew up celebrating halloween as a child from a Christian home, I felt compromised many times by the evil things that are involved, the homes decorated, the other costumes, the shows, the events at school, etc. There really is no way to celebrate the good, it is a holiday that is centered around evil and its seems to be darker all the time. I've seen Christians participate in darker things that I didnt see Christians participate in when I was young. I have found the arguments against Halloween and many, many verses the Bible has to say about evil far more convincing than what, often seems like, Christians justifying participating in something they want to do more than what is right. When I married my husband and I decided not to participate with our kids. I have found that I have had more opportunity to talk to others because we don't celebrate. Even non Christians I talk to get it, yeah, it doesn't glorify God. We don't reach people for the gospel by becoming more like the culture. And by not participating also doesn't mean we miss opportunities to proclaim the gospel.
I went to a catholic school and we had Halloween parties and in kindergarten and first grade we wore costumes to school.
Great ideas! Beyond creative.
My son loved Lamb Chop!!
I grew up doing Halloween because that’s what I was taught I didn’t know any better but as a Christian mother we do not do Halloween not even the so called trunk or treats and not even pumpkins. Halloween is not a Christian holiday. To be honest we don’t do holidays at all in my family but Christmas and Easter and Christmas isn’t a Santa and Easter isn’t a Easter bunny in our home. We do the true meaning of it the other so called holidays are just of the world and we are not to seek worldly things.
Couldn't find The Video where you talked about that God is grey girl, I Thank you for going out of your way to call her out. She spews much false teaching it's incredible.
God Bless you sister be encouraged.
If you do have a Link pls send.
LordofTheharvest73 omg I called her out a few times. She is the very definition of a Jezebel Spirit
@@marinegirl4860 Im thinking of making a Video to expose and bring to light why she isn't a Christian.
LordofTheharvest73 go for it please. People need to hear why she is not a true Christian. You could start by saying God is not gray at all He deals in absolutes and is whiter than snow. Then go from there. There’s a plethora of stuff to expose her on. Let me know so I can watch like and support your video.
What’s your objection to God is Grey?
Really Now she promotes witchcraft and says it’s okay while the Bible is full of verses that say otherwise
If you think Halloween has pagan origins, I’d hate for you to learn more about Christmas and Easter
It is not ok
Annath Nokturhl please let him have his opinion. You didn’t need to call him that name.
@Annath Nokturhl
You know how the left lies by distorting conservatives' views, such as implying conservatives want zero government when, in truth, conservatives desire smaller, limited government? Well, you just imitated the left's trickery.
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You -- unnecessarily -- called someone with whom you disagree a name ("Mr. Grinch"). Someone else called you on it; you replied that the one correcting you believes, like many leftists, that "everything is offensive."
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Nein -- das ist nicht wahr!
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The person did not say everything is offensive; rather, you clearly exaggerated that person's purport. In truth, the person claimed that your gratuitous name-calling was precisely that -- improper. Doubtless, quite a difference between what that person said and how you represented it!
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@Annath Nokturhl it's okay to say "Grinch" 😜
@Annath Nokturhl yes unfortunately
@@benlujan288 learn to take a feckin joke mate!
itsca wicked holiday. demons all kinds of evils spirits. its a wicked Holiday. it has no place in a christaians life.
Plain and simple no Christian’s should not celebrate Halloween
Period
Sorry not sorry but I’m tired of people tip toeing around this subject.
Thank you Allie for sharing your mother's wisdom with us. By the way, we now know where you get "impordant" from :-)
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Lambchop?!? I LOVED Sherri Lewis
This is the song that doesn’t end! It goes on and on my friend. Some people, started singing it not knowing what it was. And they’ll continue singing it forever just because this is the son that doesn’t end. It goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it not knowing what it was. And they’ll continue singing fit forever just because....
No, it's not OK to celebrate Satan's day of Halloween.
Satan has nothing to do with Halloween.
I love “Halloween”.....All Saints Day and All Souls Day.
31:00 Mary Mary though!? 😅
I love your mom's trick or treat ministry! What a good idea!
Too much fear among my brothers and sisters. This is unacceptable to Christ. Fear not, for fear comes ONLY from a lack of real FAITH! Schochtossel!
do one on short hair thats horrible for a Christain women . may be okay in the luke warm Church.. Shecseems sweet. but butched hair on a Christain women is plain wrong.
Halloween is Catholic. All Hallows Eve! just celebrate it the Christian way! ❤ Dress up as Saints, Hand out blessed candy, decorate for Fall (no ugly grotesque decorations), read about church martyrs, pray for souls in purgatory.
God knows my heart that im with him. its fun to dress up
Shouldnt be celebrating christmas either.
Christians have already redeemed Halloween 🎃, it is called Reformation Day, and it is kind of a big deal.- Danya
Lord save you from your misinformed opinions... Satan runs amok in the modern church kept alive by fear, lack of faith, and the pretense of false teachings! Druids did not know God nor Satan. Nor did the Norse Pagans. Jesus defeated Satan but so many Christians keep him alive. Halloween (Samhain) was a celebration of ancestors to help them rest in peace and driving out evil spirits by being more frightening than the spirits themselves.
Well, I'm Celtic so... Yay! I guess that means all the Halloween dark arts for me and none for thee! Really, I haven't celebrated Halloween in years. Not for religious reasons, it's just not my thing. But since there are no such things as vampires, werewolves, witches, zombies, etc. I fail to see how celebrating Halloween in any form is a celebration of evil as such. It seems to me that this holiday is just an excuse to have fun. And on a side note, wiccans aren't evil. They're funny, but not evil. Also, I love that you used to dress up like Lamb Chop!
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Wiccians ? 😂 “evil “
"For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God."
Yes, Wiccans are evil. Paganism is evil.
Too much fear among my brothers and sisters. This is unacceptable to Christ. Fear not, for fear comes ONLY from a lack of real FAITH! Schochtossel!
@@lanceroberthough1275 You don't have to be afraid of something to call it evil.
Grimmycake how is paganism evil? They don’t worship the devil, the believe in being one with nature ?
Lance Robert Hough 😂😂😂