Stott on Self-Aggrandizement

It would be hard to improve on Luther's description of fallen man as *homo in se incurvatus*, 'man curved in on himself'. Human fallenness is human selfishness. Most ambition is selfish ambition. People who 'succeed', because they attain wealth, fame or power, do so mainly because they are driven by an inner urge to self-aggrandizement. This is not pessimism, but the sober realism of Christians who want to look facts in the face.

--From "Life in Christ" (Eastbourne: Kingsway; Wheaton: Tyndale House, 1991), p. 86. Thanks John Stott. 

Scott's Top 7s: California Vaca-Pics #4

Hanging out in Santa Monica.

TY, DANO, YOURS TRULY. 

This is from atop of the Santa Monica Pier Ferris-wheel. 

A Declaration

The gospel is not good advice to men, 

but good news about Christ; 

not an invitation to us to do anything, 

but a declaration of what God has done; 

not a demand, 

but an offer.

--From "The Message of Galatians" (The Bible Speaks Today series: London and Downers Grove: IVP, 1968), p. 70. Thankful to God for JRW Stott.