This Saturday 31st, October 2015 is not just Halloween, but is also the 498 year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, the 111 year anniversary of the Welsh Revival & the 98 year anniversary of the ANZAC Light Horse victory in Beersheba, Israel
“The coming of Halloween is a good time for Christians to remember that evil spirits are real and that the devil will seize every opportunity to trumpet his own celebrity. Perhaps the best response to the devil at Halloween is that offered by Martin Luther, the great Reformer: “The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him for he cannot bear scorn.”
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.
Forget celebrating a stupid Pagan Festival called Halloween, 31 October is this Saturday. For Australians that means the anniversary of the Light horse charge on Beersheba. This victory set up the taking of Jerusalem and the founding of the modern state of Israel. The Wells of Beersheba – captured by Muslims 31st October 1517, liberated by the ANZAC Light Horse 400 years to the very day – 31st October 1917. Four hundred years to the very day! Coincidence or the hand of God?








