Dr. Andrew Root from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN, joins us again to discuss his new book called "Baal and the gods of More: Rescuing Church Growth from Idolatry."

00:00 Introduction
02:34 how modern church growth is Baal worship
09:14 How yahweh and Baal are different
14:28 The human desire for security
16:03 Why church growth is burdensome
22:33 Techno optimism and political activism in church growth
29:18 Is our church growth methodology wrong?
35:10 The unsatisfying solution to church growth
41:23 The problem with money and church
44:22 Why critical realism for practical theology?

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