Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Undeceptions with John Dickson
Every week on Undeceptions we’ll explore some aspect of life, faith, history, culture, or ethics that is either much misunderstood or mostly forgotten. With the help of people who know what they’re talking about, we’ll be trying to ‘undeceive ourselves’ and let the truth ‘out’.
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REWIND: The Reformation
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The Reformation remains a pivotal moment not just for the church, bu...
SINGLE: Concert Hymn
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On November 2, 2024, Chris Tomlin performed the world premiere of Th...
SINGLE: Christmas Peace
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We attempt to make sense of the silly season, to explain why there r...
167. Nicene Creed
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It’s probably the most significant of all church history’s debates:...
Jesus Proof?
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The first-century historian Flavius Josephus is the oldest source we...
Question Answer XV
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Why don’t Christians still follow the Laws of the Old Testament? Why...
After Christendom
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Christianity no longer has the cultural sway it once held. But there...
REWIND: Post Christian
Back in 2020, John caught up with author and journalist Greg Sheridan to talk about Christianity’s struggles in both Australia, and the global West mo...
163. Divine Comedy
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In his Divine Comedy, Dante isn’t claiming to offer us a vision of w...
Persecution Complex
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Some claim Christian persecution is on the rise, while others find t...
161. Jane Austen
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Jane Austen’s words and books are well known. But what do we know of...
Deep Learning
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Christianity is sometimes branded as anti-intellectual, and its foll...
African Jesus
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African Christianity is almost as old as Christianity itself. Many o...
158. Faith Factor
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As the West undergoes a ‘de-churching,’ some are starting to wonder...
REWIND: Mental Health
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Season 15 of Undeceptions is coming really soon! And our latest REWI...
REWIND: Decoding Dreams
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Are our dreams full of messages and warnings?
John was scepti...
157. Why Believe?
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The 18th-century philosopher David Hume famously predicted that, as...
156. Question Answer XIV
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Why does the church meet on a Sunday? How far is too far when it com...
155. Good Pope
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The world’s attention has recently been on the Vatican, and the elec...
REWIND: Emotional Intelligence
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Some think we might not be too far away from Artificial Intelligence...
154. Boy Jesus
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The Gospels tell us about Jesus’ adult life, with scant references t...
153. The Chemists
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According to the data, chemistry is the scientific discipline with t...
152. God Laments
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Like it or not, life will let us down. We all face disappointment.
151. Mary Magdalene
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Mary Magdalene has played many roles throughout history.
She’...
150. Jesus' Trials
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This week, leading up to Easter, we’re looking at the most famous tr...
149. Our Hymn
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When John Dickson convinced top Christian songwriters Ben Fielding a...
148. The Anthropologists
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Welcome to season XIV of Undeceptions!
Anthropology has a repu...
REWIND: Jesus Philosopher
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The cliche: ‘faith’ is the antithesis of knowledge, of wisdom and th...
REWIND: Danger - Proselytising
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Why are Christians such god-botherers? Is it possible to share your...
Introducing Small Wonders season 4
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Words can change lives – whether on paper, on screen, or spoken down...
147. On Hell
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Hell is one of the most difficult parts of Christian belief - but of...
REWIND: Kingdom Come
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As we gear up for a special episode on the difficult topic of Hell,...
146. Question Answer XIII
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Is Christianity an offshoot of an ancient fertility cult? Why do the...
145. Second Act
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The Acts of the Apostles is the epic sequel to Luke's Gospel.
...
144. Into Wine
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If we’re talking only about liquids you drink—because the water in t...
143. Virgin Mary
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There's just something about the Virgin Mary.
She stirs up bi...
142. First Hymn
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In the 3rd century, in the Ancient Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus, a g...
141. Bible Genres
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With 66 different books composed across literally thousands of years...
140. Disenchanted Age
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The great project of the Enlightenment was to bring reason to the fo...
139. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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A new movie has been released this week about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, t...