Halloween Hypocrisy: Some people wouldn't dream of touching a Ouija board-but they'll split a church without losing any sleep. (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798178412121)

Sister Karen loves Jesus, banana pudding, and being right.

So when a twelve-foot inflatable ghost named Gus appears in the Henderson family's front yard, Karen knows somebody has to take a stand.

There's just one problem.

She never stopped to ask whether the people she was warning were actually doing anything wrong.

And while Karen is watching for witches, something far more dangerous is beginning to creep into the church: judgment, gossip, anger, jealousy, division, and the need to make everybody else live by her convictions.

HALLOWEEN HYPOCRISY is a funny, pointed, story-driven look at one of the arguments Christians seem determined to have every October-and at the sins we sometimes overlook while condemning the ones that frighten us.

Pastor and storyteller Dale Stringer brings together fictional characters you'll swear you've met before, Scripture, documented history, and plain-language psychology to ask a harder question than simply:

"Should Christians celebrate Halloween?"

The deeper question is:

What does the way we handle disagreement reveal about us?

Inside you'll discover:

• Three families with very different convictions about October 31
• What Scripture actually says about witchcraft, divination, mediums, and the occult
• A walk through Galatians 5 examining rebellion, hatred, jealousy, wrath, selfish ambition, dissension, and more
• The documented history behind candy, costumes, jack-o'-lanterns, ghost stories, and Halloween traditions
• Research on anger, bias, envy, gossip, conflict, and the human need to be right
• A practical family decision guide for developing your own Halloween boundaries
• A Romans 14 approach to loving Christians whose convictions do not look like yours

This book will not decide October 31 for you.

Read it. Pray about it. Talk it through with your family. Know where Scripture draws a hard line-and where God has left room for conscience.

Then make your choice.

And let your neighbor make theirs.

Leave the porch light on.
Don't push people away. Invite them in.
You have more to give than candy.