Sorting Through Recent Challenges

It's been a tough week for Christians living in the United States.  I never thought I would write that sentence, but it certainly seems like an obvious statement to me right now.  Our federal Health and Human Services Secretary is mandating that the Roman Catholic Church and it's institutions provide health insurance coverage for procedures the church finds morally unacceptable.  New York City Schools will no longer rent space to churches.  These are issues that are deeper than slogans.  And they require responses that go deeper than slogans and self-preservation.  Let me recommend four articles from various sources that are helping me face these issues with some depth of thought and a gospel-of-grace perspective.