Undeceptions is back with a new season, new look, and new website! @DrFrancisYoung joins @johnpauldickson in this week's episode, 'The Pagans'. Listen wherever you get your podcasts - now in audio AND video.

In just one week, #TheFirstHymn will be available to watch at home. Experience the remarkable story of worship, history, and rediscovery from wherever you are. Find out more: thefirsthymnmovie.com/#Watch…

The world’s attention has recently been on the Vatican, and the election of the new Pope. But what’s the history behind the office? What makes a good Pope? By looking at the extraordinary career of John Dickson’s favourite pontiff, we try to answer those questions. Listen now!

Like it or not, life will let us down. Despite this, people spend their whole lives working out how to avoid disappointment. But the Bible offers a different solution. It gives us tools to grieve well, to lament. We also find a God that sits with us in our grief. Listen now!

Mary Magdalene has played many roles throughout history. The supposed sinner-turned-saint comes to us in a multiplicity of earthly, perhaps even scandalous, portraits that surprise and inspire. So what can we know about this woman for sure? Listen now to Undeceptions!

When John convinced top Christian song-writers Ben Fielding & Chris Tomlin to transform an 1800 yr old hymn into a tune for our times, they felt the weight of it. This week, the new song ‘First Hymn’ is out, and close on its heels is the doco. Our episode goes behind the scenes.

🎬 Join us for a special screening of The First Hymn at Museum of The Bible, Washington DC with a special performance by Chris Tomlin and Ben Fielding. 🎟 Tickets: museumofthebible.org/events/… 🎼 More on The First Hymn: thefirsthymnmovie.com

Anthropology has a rep for being the most “Godless” of the sciences. So-called ‘Father of Anthropology’, Sir Edward Burnett Tylor, abandoned faith declaring religion 'animalistic'. But it hasn’t gone away - many anthropologists are realising there might be something to it.

🎬 The WORLD PREMIERE of the First Hymn documentary will be at Biola University, Talbot School of Theology, California, with a special performance by Ben Fielding and Taya Gaukrodger. 🎟 Tickets: biola.edu/events/2025/world-… 🎼 More on The First Hymn: thefirsthymnmovie.com

Join us as we resurrect an 1800 year old Christian hymn - the first to be discovered with words and music - and give it back to the world. The First Hymn, available to sing 11 April. The First Hymn documentary, available on demand from April 14 (US-only) and August 16 (Global).