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Jan 1, 2024

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The story of Christianity is full of wonderful highs and terrible lows. It's truly an epic - and it takes an epic round-the-world adventure to tell its story properly. Thankfully, we have a man who's done just that. This is the story of Christianity, from the crucifixion to the modern day, told through 12 key objects.

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Jan 1, 2024

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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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Introducing Undeceptions: Coming soon, a new podcast series from author and historian John Dickson. Prepare to be undeceived. by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Cybersex trafficking: This episode of Undeceptions was a difficult one for us to make. But we believe it's an important one. It's a myth that there's no such thing as slavery in modern times. And just as Christians were at the forefront of anti-slavery work way back in the 5th by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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It's Cancer: One of the shortest and hardest phrases to hear, that instantly conjures up a host of fear and questions about how the universe works. by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Social capital: Federal MP Andrew Leigh says Australians are disconnected. And he thinks the decline of religion - amongst a few factors - is making social cohesion worse. Andrew is an atheist, which made John Dickson want to speak to him even more. If he can’t sign on t by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Football free: Religion often makes an appearance in elite sports. But does it do any good? John Dickson speaks to Green Bay Packers star Mason Crosby, team chaplain Troy Murphy and long-time Packers trainer Pepper Burruss, to discover the surprising place of faith on t by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Rational universe: We speak with one of the world's top theoretical physicists, Professor Ard Louis, about whether it's really true that the more we discover about life from a scientific perspective, the less we need God. by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Gospel truth: In episode 7 we ask Dr Peter Williams, author and academic from Cambridge, can we really trust the Gospels in the Bible? And how do the gospels - considered our best evidence for the existence of Jesus - stack up against the evidence for other historical by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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First Noel: Tis the season to be wary. There are lots of things we take for granted about Christmas, but how many of them have a foothold in history? by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Easter Myths: Was the story of Jesus’ final days a fiction, cobbled together from a range of earlier myths. Did Jesus actually died on a cross, and, if so, was it part of his own plan or just a tragic failure. And, of course, what can be said about him rising from the by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Pandemic Love Single: Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic range from the concerned to the panic-stricken. History points us to a distinctly Christian way. by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Miraculous Physics: How does one of the world's leading scientists - the head of nuclear physics at MIT - come to believe in miracles? by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Pandemic Exposure Single: We're weeks into the international crisis that is COVID-19, and one of the symptoms slowly being revealed is a weakness in our hearts. by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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The full John Lennox interview: You loved episode 3 of Undeceptions 'God science' with John Lennox, so we've released the full interview - with plenty you won't have heard before. by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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The full Teresa Morgan interview: In episode 4 of Season 1 of Undeceptions, John spoke with Professor Teresa Morgan about the ethic of love at the heart of the New Testament. It sounds like ‘common sense’ to many today – it’s what any rational person would think about the good life. Bu by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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She Persuades: Amy Orr Ewing is one of modern Christianity’s great persuaders and - as it happens - neither a man nor an ecclesiastical figure. by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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BONUS Undeceptions Theme: Here it is! Our Christmas gift to you: a special remix of the Undeceptions theme by the brilliant J.S. Bach, arranged by the musically inclined John Dickson, and performed by the fabulous Undeceptions Band. by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Moral classics: In episode four of Undeceptions, John Dickson speaks with Teresa Morgan, a professor of Graeco-Roman History at Oriel College, Oxford University about what life was like for the average person living on the outskirts of Rome at the time of Jesus. What did by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Historical Jesus: This episode, we've put John Dickson in the hot seat to talk about his new book: Is Jesus History. Anita Savage is our guest host, and she grills John on one of the greatest questions out there: did Jesus really exist? by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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First Church Service Single: It's February 4, and the anniversary of Australia's first church service. But this wasn't a morality lesson from the chaplain to the prison colony. The Rev. Richard Johnson had something much more significant on his mind. by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Old papers: "We’re getting about as close to the writings of the New Testament as you can get." John Dickson enters the climate-controlled vault housing the earliest manuscripts of the epistles of Paul, and speaks to head archivist Brendan Haug about where these "pap by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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God science: "I think some people can ... deceive themselves into thinking that science will keep them going, but they're usually people who are having a very good life and they're not hitting the big existential problems of existence where science doesn't really help by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Christmas Single: A thought on generosity for Christmas Eve Eve. by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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It's almost here!: Not long now till the start of Season 2 - with a great collection of topics lined up for us to get 'undeceived' about together. by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Scientific Theology: Science and religion are like oil and water - they just don’t mix. At least that's the popular conception. Unless you're someone like Alister McGrath, who sees them as two arms on the same clock, rather than two locked in battle. by Undeceptions with John Dickson
48 min listen
Ask Anything II: Did Adam and Eve actually exist? How did the Bible come together? And is God responsible for 'evil'? Your questions, John's answers. by Undeceptions with John Dickson
56 min listen
Post Christian: Greg Sheridan is one of Australia’s best known journalists, with something like forty years experience in the business. So when he says Christianity is in trouble, it's worth listening. by Undeceptions with John Dickson
53 min listen
Six Days: Both atheistic evolutionists and literalistic creationists want you to read Genesis the same way, but is there a different take on the foundational book of the Bible? by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Ask Anything: We've collected all of your toughest chestnuts over the past season. Now John Dickson gives them a crack! by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Medieval Manumission Single: What would you be prepared to give in order to set a slave free? How much would it be worth to you? One medieval man gave everything he had, right down to the shirt off his back. by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Confronting Christianity: The author of 2020’s Christian book of the year, “Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard questions for the World's Largest Religion,” asks is Christianity a viable worldview - or is there just too much going against it? by Undeceptions with John Dickson
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