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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...
Wes Huff has made the historical case for Christianity to an audience of millions on some of the biggest podcasts in the world, including th...
Is it ok for a Christian to enjoy secular music? Why did Jesus have to get baptised? And how does the church’s teaching on money compare to...
The Oxford English Dictionary describes the Bible as a “library,” not a single work. But this library has been the most sold book in the wor...
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights reads: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reas...
It’s hard to get a clear picture of the historical Jesus without projecting cultural tropes onto Him. Jesus - perhaps more than anyone in hi...
There’s a certain collection of Greek and Roman writings - from roughly 800 BC to AD 200 - which, apart from the Bible, has shaped the Weste...
The First Hymn is coming to the big screens on both sides of the Atlantic! Find tickets here.
The cultural hangovers of Christianity are well attested. Recently, people who were once describing themselves as ‘New Atheists’ have gone a...
Since Charles Darwin’s 1859 book On the Origin of Species, evolution has been considered by many to be the final nail in the coffin of relig...
A popular myth is that when the Roman Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity, he forced everyone else to embrace the faith - or else...
In pop culture, we often enjoy watching - or reading - vice and virtue play out, with the former often far more exciting than the latter. Bu...
The Reformation remains a pivotal moment not just for the church, but for global history. It permanently split the church, triggered wars, c...
On November 2, 2024, Chris Tomlin performed the world premiere of The First Hymn at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Ben Fielding joi...
We attempt to make sense of the silly season, to explain why there really is “more to life”, and why the traditional Christmas story still h...
It’s probably the most significant of all church history’s debates: Was Jesus fully human, fully divine, or a hybrid of some sort? 1700 year...
The first-century historian Flavius Josephus is the oldest source we have for the historical Jesus outside of the Bible. His 90-word paragra...
Why don’t Christians still follow the Laws of the Old Testament? Why did God create humans if so many are apparently destined for Hell? Is t...
Christianity no longer has the cultural sway it once held. But there’s always been a long tradition of Christians being flexible in engaging...
Back in 2020, John caught up with author and journalist Greg Sheridan to talk about Christianity’s struggles in both Australia, and the glob...
In his Divine Comedy, Dante isn’t claiming to offer us a vision of what hell and heaven are actually like. It might be set in the afterlife,...
Some claim Christian persecution is on the rise, while others find the idea of a modern persecution implausible. So, what’s the truth? It’s...
Jane Austen’s words and books are well known. But what do we know of Jane herself - what she was like, and what she believed? What did she t...
Christianity is sometimes branded as anti-intellectual, and its followers labelled unteachable. But in an increasingly divided age, the chur...
African Christianity is almost as old as Christianity itself. Many of the early church's theological giants came from Africa, and today, Chr...
As the West undergoes a ‘de-churching,’ some are starting to wonder about the unintended consequences of a society with fewer believers. Aft...
Season 15 of Undeceptions is coming really soon! And our latest REWIND will help you brush up on some of the issues we’ll be discussing in o...
Are our dreams full of messages and warnings? John was sceptical, but for most of human history, that’s been the common view. In this Undece...
The 18th-century philosopher David Hume famously predicted that, as the world grew more rational and scientific, people would stop having su...
Why does the church meet on a Sunday? How far is too far when it comes to self-defence, biblically speaking? Is it possible that Hell is tem...
The world’s attention has recently been on the Vatican, and the election of the new Pope Leo XIV. But what’s the history behind the office o...
Some think we might not be too far away from Artificial Intelligence actually having feelings. If it does happen, what will it mean? Might i...
The Gospels tell us about Jesus’ adult life, with scant references to his childhood. We can catch glimpses of the younger Jesus' life, but t...
According to the data, chemistry is the scientific discipline with the highest number of ”theists”. Perhaps it’s not that surprising: Chemis...
Like it or not, life will let us down. We all face disappointment. Despite this, people spend their entire lives trying to avoid and outrun...
Mary Magdalene has played many roles throughout history. She’s been a prostitute, a temptation, Jesus’ wife, Jesus’ lover, a cave-dwelling m...
This week, leading up to Easter, we’re looking at the most famous trial of all time: the trial of Jesus. It’s a courtroom drama like no othe...
When John Dickson convinced top Christian songwriters Ben Fielding and Chris Tomlin to have a go at transforming an 1800-year-old hymn into...
Welcome to season XIV of Undeceptions! Anthropology has a reputation for being the most “godless” of all the sciences. The so-called Father...
The cliche: ‘faith’ is the antithesis of knowledge, of wisdom and therefore “Christian philosophy” is an oxymoron, right? For this Undecepti...
Why are Christians such god-botherers? Is it possible to share your belief system with someone who doesn’t accept it without being a jerk? I...
Words can change lives – whether on paper, on screen, or spoken down a phone line. A library has an abundance of words – and an abundance of...
Hell is one of the most difficult parts of Christian belief - but of all the characters in the Bible, no one comes close to using the word "...
As we gear up for a special episode on the difficult topic of Hell, we first bring you this Undeceptions Rewind looking at what the Bible sa...
Is Christianity an offshoot of an ancient fertility cult? Why do the Gospels only talk about Jesus' genealogy in connection to Joseph? Is th...
The Acts of the Apostles is the epic sequel to Luke's Gospel. It follows the dramatic events immediately after the resurrection of Jesus, an...
If we’re talking only about liquids you drink—because the water in the Bible is washed in, crossed over, and even walked on once—wine is no....
There's just something about the Virgin Mary. She stirs up big feelings - she has for millennia. Some have perhaps given her more prominence...
In the 3rd century, in the Ancient Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus, a group of Christians composed a song of praise set to the pagan music of t...
With 66 different books composed across literally thousands of years, it's fair to say the Bible is a complex read. But it doesn't have to b...
The great project of the Enlightenment was to bring reason to the forefront. No more would humans be held back by superstitions: the power o...