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Introducing: Small Wonders with Laurel Moffatt
Undeceptions with John Dickson
04/07/22 • 16 min
The Joshua Tree National Park in California is a good starting place for Laurel Moffatt's reflection on our struggles to see the light.
The park is full of interesting characters as well as a compelling number of stars - most of which are invisible to the outside world. Because of the amount of artificial light we use each night, more than a third of people can no longer see the Milky Way.
But the brightness of the light in deep darkness can show us how faint, how small, how very weak and narrow our own attempts at lighting our own way are.
LINKS
- Paul Bogard, The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light.
- Emily Dickinson, “I saw no Way – The Heavens were stitched –” Fr633 (1863) J378
- Fabio Falchi, et al. “The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness”, Science Advances, 10 Jun 2016, Vol 2, Issue 6
WHAT IS SMALL WONDERS?
The clarity the desert brings. Hurricanes and hard relationships. Finding reason in the middle of a ruin. Small Wonders are quiet but profound observations about life from Dr Laurel Moffatt. In each fifteen-minute episode, Laurel uncovers lessons learned from broken and beautiful things that are polished to perfection and set in rich audio landscapes for your consideration.
Single: It's worth thinking through what life's all about
Undeceptions with John Dickson
09/17/23 • 19 min
Lots of people assume that Christianity is a nice story for kids or a niche hobby for weirdos.
John Dickson brings you the words of his dear friend Ben Shaw, who invites sceptical readers to think again about the million-dollar question: what is the meaning of this thing we call life?
1 | Old Papers
Undeceptions with John Dickson
09/09/19 • 38 min
Thousands of scraps of paper that have been buried in the sands of Egypt for over two millennia are now stored in museums and universities all around the world.
These little scraps - often no bigger than your mobile phone - provide a powerful window into ancient life - its troubles, its personalities and its ethics.
One of the most important of these pieces of paper - or papyrus - is 86 pages of the letters of the Apostle Paul, the author of much of the New Testament of the Christian Bible.
These 86 pages are known as P.46, and they are among the most precious artefacts of ancient history.
In our first episode, we got to play with them.
We speak with Dr Brendan Haug, from the University of Michigan's Papyrology department, and the home of some of the letters of Paul known as P46.
One of the biggest myths about the Bible is that it's been changed throughout history, like a kind of Chinese whispers. What we see in our Bibles today is nothing like the original.
Artefacts like P46 give great insight into how parts of the Bible were copied. With P46 being dated somewhere around the third century, we can also compare it to other later copies - and our Bibles today - to see what exactly is different.
"Here's the cool thing about New Testament studies: we have so many copies! We've just been talking about P.46 in this episode, the earliest. But we have hundreds of manuscripts, fragments and huge portions from different periods of Roman history and different parts of the empire, and we can line them up all together and work out where the variations have taken place." -- John Dickson, episode 1Find photos related to this episode at undeceptions.com.
Links related to this episode:
- Read more about P46 from UM's collection.
- Find out more about Hilarion's letter to Alis, that John mentions in his introduction.
- Discover the extent of the University of Michigan's Papyrology Collection, a world-renowned collection of ancient texts dating from about 1000 BCE to 1000 CE.
- Check out "the maserati" of biblical copies - the Codex Sinaiticus.
Get to know our guest
Dr Brendan Haug is the archivist at the University of Michigan's Papyrology Collection and Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical Studies. He is particularly interested in papyrology and the history of Graeco-Roman Egypt, Egyptology and Egypt in the European colonial period.
About the University of Michigan's Papyrology Collection
The Papyrology Collection at UM houses an estimated 18,000 pieces of papyrus. Just this year, the collection was valued at approximately $100 million. It's the largest collection of papyri in North America and the 5th largest in the world.
Send us a question
Oh boy, does John love questions. So don’t be afraid to send them in. In season one, we’ll be dedicating an episode or two for John to answer all your burning questions about Christianity. Want to know something more about a previous episode? Or perhaps you’ve got a question about faith that you’ve been struggling to find an answer for? Visit undeceptions.com, or leave your question as a voicemail at 02 9870 5678.
Really Old? Single
Undeceptions with John Dickson
11/06/22 • 15 min
From John Dickson: While we’re working hard on our next Season of Undeceptions, I’ve asked the Rev Dr George Athas to have a chat to you about how we can be sure our old stuff - artefacts we’ve found from thousands of years ago - is actually old. George is Director of Research, Old Testament and Hebrew at Moore Theological College in Sydney. We spoke to him at length for our super popular episode called ‘Between Testaments’, so go check that out if you haven’t heard it already. It’s one of my favourites. George has done a huge amount of research on the Tel Dan Inscription, a fragmentary stele that dates to the 9th Century BC. It’s considered the most important - and controversial - inscription found in Israel in recent years. And George wrote the first book about it. So, over to him.
SINGLE: Jazz Church
Undeceptions with John Dickson
07/07/24 • 26 min
Jazz is a genre of music steeped in tradition, culture, and most importantly, improvisation. According to some, the church can learn a few lessons from this wonderful art form.
Pandemic Equality Single
Undeceptions with John Dickson
03/26/20 • 7 min
Church leaders and impassioned Christians want to suggest that the Bible promises a special deliverance from COVID-19 for those who put their faith in the Son of God. However John Dickson resurrects the wisdom of an ancient bishop who also faced a massive plague to give us a different perspective.
The full John Lennox interview
Undeceptions with John Dickson
10/28/19 • 41 min
Head to undeceptions.com to listen to Episode 3, 'God Science' with John Lennox.
SINGLE: Cancel Culture
Undeceptions with John Dickson
03/10/24 • 21 min
At the heart of cancel culture is a desire to combat injustice, and expose flaws within society. This is a good thing ... but as recent history has shown, there is a lack of forgiveness at the heart of the movement. This is where Christianity can help.
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How many episodes does Undeceptions with John Dickson have?
Undeceptions with John Dickson currently has 201 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Culture, Christianity, Faith, History, Apologetics, Religion & Spirituality, Podcasts, Religion, Ancient, Jesus and Ethics.
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The episode title 'Australia Day Single' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Undeceptions with John Dickson?
The average episode length on Undeceptions with John Dickson is 46 minutes.
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The first episode of Undeceptions with John Dickson was released on Aug 29, 2019.
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