Commentary

When I say I interpret the Bible literally to others outside of what I would define as orthodox evangelicalism, I sometimes get the feeling I am being seen as if I have a third eye in the middle of my forehead.

“Original sin” is a common religious term that never occurs in the Bible but is rooted in interpretations of both Scripture and sacred tradition.

Don't forget any of America's many victims

Social Justice in Judaism most often looks like Tikkun Olam. The Hebrew phrase means “Repairing the world.”

Slavery is not so far removed. Anderson and Minerva Edwards met in the 1860s as enslaved laborers in Texas, had 16 children and lived into their 90s in a cabin a few miles from the plantations they once worked. They are photographed here in 1937. U.S. Library of Congress Bernd …

The shortest answer to your question is that not all Pagans practice magic, and not all those who practice magic are Pagan.