A.W. Pink

Arthur Walkington Pink (1886 - 1952). English Bible teacher, author, and itinerant preacher born in Nottingham. Converted in 1908 from Theosophy to Christianity at 22, he studied at Moody Bible Institute in 1910 but left after two months to preach. Ordained a Baptist, he pastored in Colorado, California, Kentucky, and South Carolina before moving to Australia in 1925, then England in 1928. Disillusioned with church structures, he became an independent teacher, settling in Stornoway, Scotland, by 1940. Pink wrote over 40 books, including The Sovereignty of God (1918) and The Attributes of God, and published Studies in the Scriptures magazine from 1922 to 1953, reaching thousands globally. Known for his Calvinist and dispensationalist views, he emphasized biblical authority and personal holiness. Married to Vera Russell in 1916, they had no children and lived reclusively. His writings, initially obscure, gained prominence posthumously, shaping Reformed theology worldwide.
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A.W. Pink emphasizes that the 'god' worshipped in contemporary society is a mere creation of human imagination, lacking the true attributes of the Supreme Sovereign depicted in Scripture. He argues that many within Christendom have fashioned a god that aligns with their own desires and emotions, rendering them akin to atheists. Pink asserts that a god who is not sovereign and whose will can be thwarted is unworthy of worship and deserves contempt. He calls for a return to the understanding of God as the absolute, supreme being who is in control of all things.
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The "God" of This Generation
The "god" of this twentieth century no more resembles the Supreme Sovereign of Holy Writ than does the dim flickering of a candle the glory of the mid-day sun. The god who is now talked about in the average pulpit, spoken of in the ordinary Sunday School, mentioned in most of the religious literature of the day, and preached in most of the so-called Bible conferences is a figment of human imagination, an invention of over-emotional sentimentality. The heathen outside the pale of Christendom form gods out of wood and stone, while the millions of heathen inside Christendom manufacture a god out of their own carnal minds. In reality, they are but atheists; FOR THERE IS NO OTHER POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE BETWEEN AN ABSOLUTE SUPREME GOD AND NO GOD AT ALL! A "god" whose will is resisted, whose designs are frustrated, and whose purpose is checkmated, possesses no title to Deity, and SO FAR FROM BEING A FIT OBJECT OF WORSHIP, MERITS NOUGHT BUT CONTEMPT!
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Arthur Walkington Pink (1886 - 1952). English Bible teacher, author, and itinerant preacher born in Nottingham. Converted in 1908 from Theosophy to Christianity at 22, he studied at Moody Bible Institute in 1910 but left after two months to preach. Ordained a Baptist, he pastored in Colorado, California, Kentucky, and South Carolina before moving to Australia in 1925, then England in 1928. Disillusioned with church structures, he became an independent teacher, settling in Stornoway, Scotland, by 1940. Pink wrote over 40 books, including The Sovereignty of God (1918) and The Attributes of God, and published Studies in the Scriptures magazine from 1922 to 1953, reaching thousands globally. Known for his Calvinist and dispensationalist views, he emphasized biblical authority and personal holiness. Married to Vera Russell in 1916, they had no children and lived reclusively. His writings, initially obscure, gained prominence posthumously, shaping Reformed theology worldwide.