This is a collection of my posts from X, my main social and the first place I post everything. You’ll find video game guides, comics, fiction, my writing and author updates, and other topics I cover.
4,845 posts are available here. Each entry keeps the original wording and links back to X.
4,845 posts.
· Faith / Ancient Texts
5/11 • Oxyrhynchus Fragments A papyrus page found in Egypt in 1897 preserved Greek sayings attributed to Jesus. Later research connected it with the Gospel of Thomas. Spirit Nation has Grenfell and Hunt's original 1897 English readings of P...
Read the full post· Faith / Ancient Texts
4/11 • Martyrdom of Polycarp Written in the voice of the church at Smyrna, this account describes Polycarp's arrest, refusal to renounce his faith, and death. It remembers a second-century Christian leader, though scholars debate when the s...
Read the full post· Faith / Ancient Texts
3/11 • Fragments of Papias Papias, an early second-century Christian writer at Hierapolis in Asia Minor, valued what he could learn from people who carried earlier teachings. His five-book work is lost, but quotations and reports preserve p...
Read the full post· Faith / Ancient Texts
2/11 • Descent into Hell The dead await deliverance as Christ enters the underworld in this dramatic Christian narrative associated with the Gospel of Nicodemus. Its development is difficult to date precisely; the tradition belongs to late...
Read the full post· Faith / Ancient Texts
1/11 • Acts of Pilate Witnesses come forward, accusations are argued, and the story continues beyond Jesus' trial into reports of his resurrection. This late-antique Christian work, commonly dated to around the fourth century CE, expands th...
Read the full post· SCP
5. SCP-005: Skeleton Key Spoilers for SCP-005's testing notes. SCP-005 looks like an ornate key from the 1920s. A civilian used it to get into a high-security facility, which is how the Foundation found out about it. It opens mechanical loc...
Read the full post· SCP
4. SCP-004: The 12 Rusty Keys and the Door Spoilers for SCP-004. Dismemberment and violence. SCP-004 is an old wooden door at an abandoned factory, plus twelve rusty keys. Every key fits the same lock. The problem is where the door opens. T...
Read the full post· SCP
3. SCP-003: Biological Motherboard Spoilers for SCP-003, including the restricted interview. Body horror. SCP-003 has two parts. The first looks like a motherboard made from chitin, hair, and nails. It's thousands of years older than actual...
Read the full post· SCP
2. SCP-002: The “Living” Room Spoilers for SCP-002. Body horror and violence. SCP-002 is a huge fleshy growth with an iron hatch in its side. Inside, it looks like a small apartment. There's even a window that doesn't exist on the outside....
Read the full post· SCP
1. SCP-001: Overview All right, starting with SCP-001. This one needs an overview first because there are multiple proposals under the same number. If you open the main 001 page, you get a warning about classified files and a supposed memet...
Read the full post· SCP
One more thing about the SCP series. SCP-001 has a bunch of different proposals listed on the site, so that one is going to take more than a single post. I want to cover each of those, too. I'll start with an overview explaining how it work...
Read the full post· SCP
I mentioned I wanted to experiment with a few spotlight series. Here’s one I’m starting: SCP. If you’re into fiction, games, comics, or writing, there’s a lot to explore here. I’m going to start working through the entries over the next cou...
Read the full post· Faith / Ancient Texts
11/11 • Acts of Thomas Thomas travels to India, where miracles, arguments, prayers, and songs accompany his preaching. Usually placed in the early third century, this work is closely connected with Syriac Christianity. One episode turns mon...
Read the full post· Faith / Ancient Texts
10/11 • Acts of Paul Paul's preaching, a remarkable lion encounter, correspondence with Corinth, and his martyrdom survive in this second-century Christian narrative tradition. Spirit Nation has M. R. James's 1924 collection of surviving ep...
Read the full post· Faith / Ancient Texts
9/11 • Apocalypse of Paul Paul is guided through heavenly places and scenes of judgment in this late-antique Christian vision. Its dating is debated, with third-century origins proposed and a framing story associated with the late fourth ce...
Read the full post· Faith / Ancient Texts
8/11 • Apocalypse of Peter What would justice look like beyond death? This early second-century Greek Christian apocalypse answers through vivid scenes of punishment and the blessed life of the righteous. Spirit Nation has M. R. James's 192...
Read the full post· Faith / Ancient Texts
7/11 • Epistle of the Apostles Framed as a letter from the apostles, this likely second-century Christian work becomes a conversation with the risen Jesus. The questions concern resurrection, judgment, teaching, and the place of gentiles in...
Read the full post· Faith / Ancient Texts
6/11 • Infancy Gospel of Thomas Jesus makes clay birds come alive, surprises his teachers, and performs miracles that can be unsettling as well as generous. The core of this Christian childhood-story tradition is generally placed in the sec...
Read the full post· Faith / Ancient Texts
5/11 • Gospel of Peter The surviving passion narrative commonly called the Gospel of Peter describes the resurrection with towering figures and a cross that speaks. Often assigned to the second century CE, its date and relationship to other...
Read the full post· Faith / Ancient Texts
4/11 • Infancy Gospel of James / Book of James Mary's parents, Joachim and Anna, and her childhood in the temple take center stage in this second-century Christian narrative. Usually dated to the latter half of that century, it expands the...
Read the full post