E266 | How Do We Handle Halloween?
The Debrief Podcast with Matthew Stephen Brown
Sandals Church
4.9 • 798 Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Debrief Podcast with Matthew Stephen Brown, we’re diving into the tension many Christians feel around Halloween, and connections to witchcraft. Pastor Matthew Stephen Brown unpacks what it means to live with both conviction and compassion—how to stay grounded in truth while navigating a world that often blurs the lines between light and darkness.
Join the conversation as we explore how faith speaks into fear, how to love people with different beliefs, and what it really looks like to follow Jesus with wisdom in today’s culture.
**Show notes: In this episode the passage of scripture that Pastor Matt is referring to is in Luke 16.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the debrief podcast with Matthew Stephen Brown, where we take questions about faith, |
| 0:06.9 | the Bible, and culture, and give you honest, practical advice you can trust. This is a space to ask |
| 0:12.1 | anything and get real answers for real life. We're glad you're here. Now let's get into today's |
| 0:17.6 | episode. |
| 0:22.8 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:25.5 | Welcome back to this season of the debrief. |
| 0:28.8 | We have had a break for a hot second. |
| 0:31.5 | We've done a bit of traveling. |
| 0:34.4 | Where have we gone recently? |
| 0:37.6 | We've gone a few places overseas. We got to go see some churches out there and get super excited. |
| 0:41.7 | But let's get to what we really loved is this new season with our grandson. |
| 0:46.8 | Yeah, that's been great. |
| 0:47.7 | As you guys know, so we have been doing lots of planning, some traveling for work. |
| 0:53.4 | But we are super excited to get into today's |
| 0:55.5 | episode. |
| 0:56.5 | And it is Halloween week. |
| 0:58.5 | Yes. |
| 0:59.6 | I'm sort of part of what I'm finding online to be this new club that's like an I don't |
| 1:03.7 | care club. |
| 1:04.5 | They say women in their 50s get into. |
| 1:06.9 | And this month, what everybody's doing is talking about how they're not decorating anymore. Like, I don't care that it's holidays. I'm not decorating. And this is the first year of our entire life that I have not decorated for Halloween, which has been super freeing for me, actually, because I don't have to set it up or clean it up. Does that mean I get to throw away some of the stuff in our closet? |
| 1:28.9 | Not our closet, our garage. Potentially, I knew what you meant. We don't keep Halloween stuff in the closet. That was weird. Potentially, that's where I'm at. Like, I don't care about decorating as much as I want to stay for. No, you haven't. But I'm married, so I set it up and tear down. |
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