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Before The Pumpkins: Faith In The Flames

...the true origin of Halloween. A Living Flame Where John wrote, “Perfect love casts out fear,” Polycarp lived those words before the watching empire. His witness reminds us that true faith is not merely spoken; it is embodied, even unto death. He stands among that great cloud of witnesses described in Hebrews 12 — those whose lives now surround us like a living testimony to God’s faithfulness. They show us that the Christian life is not one of comfort, but of costly grace. Polycarp’s courage calls us to hold fast to the faith we have received, to endure our trials with peace, and to love Christ more deeply than our own safety. Most of us w...