Late Monday night (early Tuesday morning, really) I posted a comment about MercyMe’s performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Later in the day on Tuesday, Scott Hill began a series on what he sees as problems with church music. What he means by “church music” I’m not sure yet because he went on to address the “Christian” music of Leigh Nash, of the band Sixpence None the Richer. My guess is that his concerns are (rightly) with the Contemporary Christian Music industry and their almost complete lack of truly Christ-ian songs/lyrics, a sentiment similar to that in my post on Monday. Our mentioning this subject on the same day was, in my mind, pure coincidence.

In another bit of coincidence (or was it?), I posted a quote yesterday from C. J. Mahaney’s Living the Cross Centered Life. Mahaney quotes Sproul’s statement that “The glory of the gospel is this: The one from whom we need to be saved is the one who has saved us.” [That quote stuns me every time I read it or think about it. Sin and those who commit it can not exist in the presence of a pure and holy God; it and we are subject to His cleansing wrath. But in His great mercy, He saved us from Himself so that we could be reconciled with Him! If that doesn't turn your world upside down . . .] Earlier in the day (I didn’t see the post until late last night), Doug McHone at CoffeeSwirls asked this question: What are we saved from? Is it sin or Hell? The question was intended to be a loaded one, and Doug admits he didn’t expect anyone to answer that we are actually saved from God’s wrath. But a few folks did. In a later post, Doug began to answer the question and will follow up today with what he says will be a more concise post heading in that direction.

So, I guess great [or insert your favorite adjective here] minds blog alike. Be sure to take a look at both Scott’s and Doug’s next couple of posts; I expect them to prove to be quite beneficial.