American Gospel 2 — mixed review: strong on exposing progressive Christianity, but overstates Calvinism as the solution and was harder to follow structurally.

Mike affirms American Gospel 1 as excellent. American Gospel 2 is important but flawed. The Calvinism critique: it presents Calvinist distinctives as the solution to apostasy rather than simply biblical Christianity — an overreach. Structurally the editing made arguments harder to follow. On the specific theological point: yes, everything is for God's glory, but humans are not merely incidental — God delights in his children. The progressive Christianity problem is making God a tool for human desires rather than submitting human desires to God.