My Crazy Faith

For some "fun" songs from my younger years: "Some Carman Songs for Halloween" And here is a bunch of links about Spiritual Warfare, from my post called "War Rooms, Praying Scripture, and Spiritual Warfare": I strongly believe that there are angels and demons.  That prayer matters.  That there is a spiritual battle going on around us all the time ... and that we need to get involved in it, actively and consciously.  (Something I haven't been doing lately.)   Regardless of if we want it or not, we are constantly facing spiritual battles.  But if we don't acknowledge them - if we stick our head in the sand and refuse to get involved, to put on our spiritual armor, to use the spiritual weapons that are available to us - we open ourselves up to deceptions, to defeat, to being very vulnerable to the strategies and attacks of the evil one. What I have done here is compile a list of posts on spiritual warfare, on praying Scripture, and on creating a War Ro...

  A 3 1/2-minute encouraging (or alarming) video:    "It's Friday, But Sunday's a Comin'"   (Apparently, that video was removed, so  try this one   or   this one .   Or google the title to find the sermon clip by preacher S.M. Lockridge.) For believers: "Hang in there, it's almost Sunday!" For non-believers: "Take warning: It's almost Sunday!"  (See  this post  and  this post )

I know many Christians won't agree, but this is an issue I feel very strongly about.  So allow me to get up on my soapbox and tell you why I think no Christian should participate in yoga: Is Yoga OK for Christians? (Here's a hint: It's not!) I know this isn't exactly Halloween-related, but it is demon-worship related.  So it fits right in with my "Halloween" posts.

[This used to be a link to take you to the earlier post I wrote about this, but I replaced it with the actual post itself to make it easier for you.] I visited a Christian blog recently where the author shared a list of her favorite scary movies to watch on Halloween.  And they were some of the worst of the worst.  Violent, demonic, evil.  And she said that she's happy her kids are old enough to watch them now so that they can watch the movies together.  (I'm not sure how old her kids are, but she is not an old, grandma-aged mom.) I was horrified.  And I told her in the comment section that I was shocked that a Christian website would encourage those kinds of movies.  I told her that I didn't think it's right to encourage things that are clearly contrary to God.  (For the record, I used to love scary movies ... until I found myself home alone, remembering the terrifying images of these movies.)   In response, she told me that she knows Christians ...

Another "Halloween" post I wrote: "Three Guidelines for Christians Regarding Halloween"

We just got the first snow of the year!  (I love snow.)  And so to celebrate this moment and to counter Halloween (I hate Halloween), enjoy this excellent, little-known Christmas song: Hallelujah Christmas   (Cloverton)

Since Halloween is coming up, I am going to post links to some of my previous "Halloween" posts, standard ones that I would like to share every year, starting with: "In 'Honor' of Halloween: My Story of Demonic Harassment."