
This (updated) post is about what some Christian families do with celebrations relating to October 31st. It provides ideas with a few links.
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Remembering the Historical Reformation Day –
Reformation Day celebrates the day that Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door in his community, proclaiming the truths that he had discovered by reading the Bible. He did this on a day in the church calendar when he knew that many people would be coming to church (and would hopefully see it).
It is important to also recognize that Martin Luther was NOT wanting to start a new denomination of Christianity. Rather, he wanted to see a return, a reformation, back to more beliefs and practices which resembled more-closely, the original Church as described in the Bible, since the Church he had experienced had become less-like the early Church which the apostles (e.g. Peter, Paul, John, etc.) had led.
This historical and world-changing event known as the beginning of the Reformation is sometimes presented as a small unit study in Christian education around the end of October with various resources. Some people also celebrate this day by participating in a history-related dress-up party with their friends.
Learning About Reformation Day –
Here are three examples of places online to check if you are interested in learning more about Reformation Day, its message and its significance:
- Danika Cooley is a Christian homeschooling mom who blogs a fair amount about the Reformation and has written a few unit studies relating to it. You can find ideas on her website such as https://www.thinkingkidsblog.org/reformation-day-snacks/ and https://www.thinkingkidsblog.org/5-solas/
- Jennifer Flanders, another Christian homeschooling mom also wrote about Reformation Day in her blogs and artfully created free downloadable pages such as a colouring page about the “5 Solas”. You can see these things at her website here: https://www.flandersfamily.info/web/2012/10/31/rememberig-reformation-day/ and https://www.flandersfamily.info/web/2017/10/28/more-reformation-day-resources/
3. Bible Visuals International (BVI) is a non-profit ministry in USA for which we used to distribute for. We now encourage you to purchase their resources directly from them. BVI produces paper flashcard books (or in digital formats), providing real-life style of visuals for Christian biographies, stories, and hymns. They also print the texts of their materials in several different languages so that these can be used in many countries around the world. Using the following link, you can watch and listen to BVI’s illustrated story about Martin Luther presented on YouTube.
FREE presentation of “The Refuge: A Gospel Story of Martin Luther”. You can also access this presentation through BVI’s website along with a free download of a tract about Reformation Day here: http://biblevisuals.org/free-resources/
“He who is in you [Jesus Christ] is greater than he who is in the world.”
1 John 4:4b
“For I know that the LORD is great, And our Lord is above all gods.”
Psalm 135:5

About Halloween
Halloween is a pagan (non-Judeo-Christian) holiday in origin. As an example of a website explaining it, you can see a concise summary of its background along with a brief analysis from a Christian perspective if you go to the website for “Watchman Fellowship – Bringing Real Hope to Real People Through Christ” then go to “Profiles” to show a list, then click on the word “Halloween” for a short pdf article.
A Christian Response –
A number of years ago when our children were asking more about “why” there were such horrible decorations in stores, etc., our family made a book to help in explaining this celebration. Some of these pages are shared below to provide ideas of how you could do a similar book (for this or any other day). I chose to use a few simple drawings and some “artistic printing” to help non-readers to understand the basics.
For this topic, I chose to focus on the CONTRAST of ideas and the COMFORT of God through anything intended to frighten.



Most of the gospel tracts which we taped into our book as we discussed one of the options for “what to do on Oct. 31” came from Good News Publishers which now seem to be joined in with Crossway at this link.
The other tracts came from Keys for Kids Ministries (the link takes you to the ABC’s of Salvation page on their website but the colourful tracts appear to be no longer available. CEF Ministries has had newer versions of the former ones pictured on my photo.
Fear versus Faith
We realize that not everyone who reads our website or looks at our materials at conferences are believers in Jesus Christ. If you are truly searching for answers for your own life, call out to Him from your heart and He will show you His truth. He still changes lives today and transforms them with His peace. You can click here for “About our Faith” to learn more about the true God Who loves you so much!
For believers in Jesus Christ or unbelievers, I hope that you will keep remembering that God is greater and stronger than anyone or anything!
What will YOU do with October 31st? Will you be focusing your attention on FEAR of evil or will you be emphasizing FAITH in the God of all comfort (see Zech. 10:2, 2 Cor. 1:3-4)?
“….Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.” 2 Corinthians 13:11b
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
2 Timothy 1:7
Here are two songs that I’m including because they fit the theme of our deliverance from fear and the encouragement to put our trust in the all-powerful God Who made the heavens and the earth –
Interestingly, this was a psalm of praise to the Lord, written by David after his experience of pretending to be a fool in front of a king! I think it really fits to be mentioned on this post!
That song is based on these words of Psalm 34:1, 3-9. (I’m quoting these verses from NASB. The square brackets are my insertion and refer to words translators could have used from the original Hebrew meaning and I’ve put them here to bring clarity to readers of my blog.)
3 “O magnify the Lord with me,
And let us exalt His name together.
4 I sought the Lord, and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears [frights].
5 They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces will never be ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
And saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues them.
8 O taste and see that the Lord is good;
How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
9 O fear [highly revere] the Lord, you His saints;
For to those who fear Him there is no want” [lack of anything really needed].
“I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.” (Psalm 34:1)
These song words are essentially word-for-word from the KJV:
“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.”
(Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture texts were quoted from the NKJV.)