Undeceptions

undeceive: to free from deception, illusion or error

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’.

Episodes

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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. (read more)

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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? (read more)

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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? (read more)

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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 century, and again in the 19th century, we’ll be speaking to today’s heroes, continuing that tradition and fighting for the absolute end of slavery in their lifetime. (read more)

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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 figures of the day? (read more)