174. God's Image

174. God's Image

From Undeceptions with John Dickson by Undeceptions Ltd

April 5, 2026 · 1h 19m · Season 16 · Episode 7

About this episode

The episode discusses the origins of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its connection to biblical teachings on human dignity and value.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights reads: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood”. This seems obvious to us today, but many people throughout history didn’t believe in these ideals. Many would wonder how it could be that every human being, regardless of capacity or usefulness, could be considered equally valuable. Truth be told, it's hard to find the logic behind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights anywhere in historical literature … apart from the Bible. FOR FULL SHOW NOTES - CLICK HERE CREDITS Undeceptions is hosted by John Dickson, produced by Kaley Payne and directed by Mark Hadley. Alasdair Belling is a writer-researcher. Siobhan McGuiness is our online librarian. Lyndie Leviston remains my wonderful assistant. Santino Dimarco is Chief Finance and Operations Consultant. Peter Kozushko is our North American representative. Editing by Richard Hamwi. Our voice actors today were Yannick Lawry and Dakotah Love. Special thanks to our series sponsor Zondervan for making this Undeception possible. Undeceptions is the flagship podcast of…

People in this episode

Host: John Dickson

Topics covered

  • human rights
  • value of human beings
  • biblical perspective

Keywords

  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • dignity
  • equality
  • brotherhood

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Books & works: Bible, CREDITS Undeceptions, Undeception

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