Yosef was an ordinary man living in an unimpressive village. In fact, some thought no one from his hometown could ever achieve anything in life. Turns out they were wrong. As wrong as anyone has ever been about anything. The whole world knows about Yosef's village. But…not much about Yosef. Come spend a half hour learning about this shalomic man. He has much to teach you.

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OTHER HANDS OF HUR RESOURCES

• "What's Wrong With the World?" - evangelism & discipleship video curriculum
• "Knot or Noose? - Recovering the Mystery of Marriage"  - small group video resource
• "The Darkside Challenge"  - social media and tech self-audit
• "Getting the Big Picture"  - Old Testament survey course
• "Yeshua in Four Dimensions" - the four Gospels (survey course)
• "To The Ends of the Earth" - New Testament survey course
• "The 15/30 Series" - studies for spiritual formation (Genesis, Psalms, Mark, Paul)

Everyone's looking for the "perfect" job. A career that will provide tremendous purpose and a sense of individuality that gives meaning to their daily lives. This episode takes you into the life of one who had the perfect job, because of who he was. You know him. You just haven't realized it yet. It'll also give you a little brush-up on some junior high grammar.

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OTHER HANDS OF HUR RESOURCES

• "What's Wrong With the World?" - evangelism & discipleship video curriculum
• "Knot or Noose? - Recovering the Mystery of Marriage"  - small group video resource
• "The Darkside Challenge"  - social media and tech self-audit
• "Getting the Big Picture"  - Old Testament survey course
• "Yeshua in Four Dimensions" - the four Gospels (survey course)
• "To The Ends of the Earth" - New Testament survey course
• "The 15/30 Series" - studies for spiritual formation (Genesis, Psalms, Mark, Paul)

Life is difficult. Sometimes almost unbearable. What should be the relationship between my circumstances and my soul? Would you write a hymn if you lost your financial resources, two sons, and four daughters? Horatio Spafford did. And then spent the rest of his life helping the poor in a malaria-infested part of Jerusalem. Find out how in this episode.

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OTHER HANDS OF HUR RESOURCES

• "What's Wrong With the World?" - evangelism & discipleship video curriculum
• "Knot or Noose? - Recovering the Mystery of Marriage"  - small group video resource
• "The Darkside Challenge"  - social media and tech self-audit
• "Getting the Big Picture"  - Old Testament survey course
• "Yeshua in Four Dimensions" - the four Gospels (survey course)
• "To The Ends of the Earth" - New Testament survey course
• "The 15/30 Series" - studies for spiritual formation (Genesis, Psalms, Mark, Paul)

We all intuitively know things aren't right around us. Sometimes, in exasperation, we blurt out, "What's wrong with this world?!!" Well, this is one of those times when it's okay to blame our parents. We're going right to the mother lode when it comes to finding an answer to that question orbiting in our hearts. You might be surprised though, when you discover who's to blame.

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OTHER HANDS OF HUR RESOURCES

• "What's Wrong With the World?" - evangelism & discipleship video curriculum
• "Knot or Noose? - Recovering the Mystery of Marriage"  - small group video resource
• "The Darkside Challenge"  - social media and tech self-audit
• "Getting the Big Picture"  - Old Testament survey course
• "Yeshua in Four Dimensions" - the four Gospels (survey course)
• "To The Ends of the Earth" - New Testament survey course
• "The 15/30 Series" - studies for spiritual formation (Genesis, Psalms, Mark, Paul)

Did you know that for followers of Jesus, there's something worse than racism? It's gracism? Do you know what it is? Do you know why it's so bad? Do you wonder if it might have crept into your life? You'll get all those questions answered in this episode of "The Road to Shalom."

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OTHER HANDS OF HUR RESOURCES

• "What's Wrong With the World?" - evangelism & discipleship video curriculum
• "Knot or Noose? - Recovering the Mystery of Marriage"  - small group video resource
• "The Darkside Challenge"  - social media and tech self-audit
• "Getting the Big Picture"  - Old Testament survey course
• "Yeshua in Four Dimensions" - the four Gospels (survey course)
• "To The Ends of the Earth" - New Testament survey course
• "The 15/30 Series" - studies for spiritual formation (Genesis, Psalms, Mark, Paul)

Let's face it, American Evangelicalism is over-taught, over-worshipped, over-fellowshipped, and under-exercised. We're spiritually obese and constipated. Ergology—the doctrine that's we're so afraid of—is God's solution to our malaise. Time to take your soul to the gym!

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OTHER HANDS OF HUR RESOURCES

• "What's Wrong With the World?" - evangelism & discipleship video curriculum
• "Knot or Noose? - Recovering the Mystery of Marriage"  - small group video resource
• "The Darkside Challenge"  - social media and tech self-audit
• "Getting the Big Picture"  - Old Testament survey course
• "Yeshua in Four Dimensions" - the four Gospels (survey course)
• "To The Ends of the Earth" - New Testament survey course
• "The 15/30 Series" - studies for spiritual formation (Genesis, Psalms, Mark, Paul)

Adrenaline is not a shalomic hormone. Shalom can not exist in the midst of noise and confusion. What effects are we having on the shalom of others through our unconscious and non-deliberate choices of how, when, and where we use our smartphones? This episode is a mixture of humor and hard-hitting self-evaluation on whether we're agents of shalom or assassins.

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Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

OTHER HANDS OF HUR RESOURCES

• "What's Wrong With the World?" - evangelism & discipleship video curriculum
• "Knot or Noose? - Recovering the Mystery of Marriage"  - small group video resource
• "The Darkside Challenge"  - social media and tech self-audit
• "Getting the Big Picture"  - Old Testament survey course
• "Yeshua in Four Dimensions" - the four Gospels (survey course)
• "To The Ends of the Earth" - New Testament survey course
• "The 15/30 Series" - studies for spiritual formation (Genesis, Psalms, Mark, Paul)

The third and final episode in "Recovering Personhood in an Age of Machines." Social media's promise of notoriety on one hand, and the reality that the world's needs will always outstrip my resources, threaten to render us paralyzed in terms of being agents of shalomic restoration. In this episode, we'll uncover the secret of being a "binary believer"— someone who's  power comes from seeing herself as a "zero" and a "one"—when it comes to relationships.

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OTHER HANDS OF HUR RESOURCES

• "What's Wrong With the World?" - evangelism & discipleship video curriculum
• "Knot or Noose? - Recovering the Mystery of Marriage"  - small group video resource
• "The Darkside Challenge"  - social media and tech self-audit
• "Getting the Big Picture"  - Old Testament survey course
• "Yeshua in Four Dimensions" - the four Gospels (survey course)
• "To The Ends of the Earth" - New Testament survey course
• "The 15/30 Series" - studies for spiritual formation (Genesis, Psalms, Mark, Paul)

God is centrifugal. That is, He moves out from Himself. He loves. He's merciful. He's generous. We share that image. But, in Adam, we also have a desire to "know" like God. Technology promises that we can "know" everything, anytime, anywhere. But, we are diminishing as people in the process. This second installment, "You Are Not a Gadget," explores the vast ideas of design, purpose, and the true meaning of "progress."
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OTHER HANDS OF HUR RESOURCES

• "What's Wrong With the World?" - evangelism & discipleship video curriculum
• "Knot or Noose? - Recovering the Mystery of Marriage"  - small group video resource
• "The Darkside Challenge"  - social media and tech self-audit
• "Getting the Big Picture"  - Old Testament survey course
• "Yeshua in Four Dimensions" - the four Gospels (survey course)
• "To The Ends of the Earth" - New Testament survey course
• "The 15/30 Series" - studies for spiritual formation (Genesis, Psalms, Mark, Paul)

As our machines become more "human," in an odd twist, we are becoming more like our machines. Fran traces the meteoric rise of technology against the equally fast demise of our personhood. Citing secular experts, he builds a case for our need to reassess what we're becoming.
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OTHER HANDS OF HUR RESOURCES

• "What's Wrong With the World?" - evangelism & discipleship video curriculum
• "Knot or Noose? - Recovering the Mystery of Marriage"  - small group video resource
• "The Darkside Challenge"  - social media and tech self-audit
• "Getting the Big Picture"  - Old Testament survey course
• "Yeshua in Four Dimensions" - the four Gospels (survey course)
• "To The Ends of the Earth" - New Testament survey course
• "The 15/30 Series" - studies for spiritual formation (Genesis, Psalms, Mark, Paul)