All Souls’ Day
2024-11-02
A TRADITIONAL celebration intended to honor the spirits of dead ancestors has its roots in Canaanite and Amorite veneration of the Rephaim—the spirits of the giants destroyed in the Flood.Continue Reading
Dr. Judd Burton – Fairy Tales and Halloween
2022-10-31
FAIRY TALES aren’t all Mother Goose and Snow White. There is a dark side to those stories that can be traced back to the entities in the unseen realm.Continue Reading
Dr. Judd Burton – Terrors and Tropes
2018-11-05
What ancient religious beliefs lie behind the modern celebration of Halloween? Dr. Judd Burton, author of Interview with the Giant and Religions of the Biblical World, joins us to discuss the spirits behind the masks. Click here for the notes and audio.Continue Reading
Dr. Judd Burton – Halloween, vampires, and blood
2016-10-31
VAMPIRES HAVE been rehabilitated over the last half century, transformed into seductive, misunderstood antiheroes. Dr. Judd Burton joins us for our annual Halloween episode to discuss the history behind All Hallow’s Eve, the image of the vampire, and his forthcoming novel that examines the vampire trope from a Christian perspective, Sanguis.Continue Reading
Spooky asteroid and comet cocktails
2015-10-31
AN ASTEROID will fly by Earth on Halloween at only 1.3x the distance of the Moon. The asteroid, nicknamed “Spooky”, also happens to look like a human skull. Click here for the show notes and the mp3 file.Continue Reading
Halloween and the Van Helsing Way
2015-10-31
IT’S DIFFICULT for parents to fight the flood of images that surround us at this time of year. Dr. Judd Burton joins us to discuss why celebrating the supernatural is so popular in a nominally Christian culture. Click here for the show notes and the mp3 file.Continue Reading