Life of Arthur W. Pink [Paperback]

Lain H. Murray (Author), Iain H. Murray (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Banner of Truth (August 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0851513328
• ISBN-13: 978-0851513324
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #994,888 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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58 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Story of a Great Man of the Word, June 18, 2000

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Brian G Hedges (South Bend, Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life of Arthur W. Pink (Paperback)

Iain Murray, in typical fashion, has given yet another excellent biography of a great man of God (he is also the author of biographies on Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and John Murray!).

Arthur W. Pink is a familiar name to many Bible students today both among pastors and laymen. But many may not know about the interesting life this man lived. Murray gives a good portrait here.

He was converted from Theosophy while in his twenties, and immediately felt called to preach. Though he never even completed Bible College, he became a popular conference speaker in his early ministry. After several pastorates in the United States, he moved to Australia where he did conference work and pastored a "Strict" Baptist church. But Pink's allegiance to the "whole counsel of God" cost him the acceptance of men. He taught too much for both the more common Arminians of his day and the "high" Calvinists, who had drifted into hypercalvinism.

After years of struggle to find his place, he reconciled himself to a ministry of writing instead of preaching. From Stornoway, Scotland he faithfully penned his "Studies in the Scriptures" magazine, which was sent to about 1000 (and sometimes less) people across the world.

The books that have now become so popular (The Life of Elijah, Exposition of Hebrews, Spiritual Growth, Eternal Security, etc.) originated in this magazine.

Murray gives the details of these different experiences of Pink and his wife, and also provides some interesting insights into the cause of Pink's eventual isolation. He writes charitably, yet with objectivity.

The ten chapter book concludes with a lengthy section of extracts from Pink's writings on numerous subjects of importance and a helpful bibliography of Pink's writings.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Murray does a great job with Pink's Gifted and Tragic Life, January 7, 2008

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Eric W. Zeller "bob's your uncle" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Life of Arthur W Pink (Revised and Enlarged Edition) (Hardcover)

Everything Iain Murray writes is good, and the life of AW Pink is no exception. As usual (cf. his bio of Martyn Lloyd-Jones), Murray spends a lot of pages both reporting the events of Pink's life and offering his sound analysis.

Having read and benefited greatly by reading a lot of Pink's work, it was very interesting to learn about the background of how his materials originally came to print (I didn't know most of his books were originally serial magazine articles). Yet in many ways this is a tragic story to see a man so gifted in communicating and teaching the Bible to come to a point where he would withdraw from the church and from fellowship with most believers. Murray does a good job of explaining the lonely latter portion of Pink's life; both offering reasons why Pink did what he did, but also rightly criticizing Pink's perspective.

Anyone who is a fan of AW Pink or Iain Murray, or church history in general will enjoy picking up Murray's Life of Arthur W Pink and reading.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring story!, July 1, 2007

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S. Lewis (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life of Arthur W. Pink (Paperback)

I've had a difficult time putting this book down. As a reformed Christian, I have heard various reports of A.W.Pink, and was curious to "know" the man through this biography. My conclusion is that Mr. Pink was not a perfect man (who is?), but was very godly and took a courageous stand for the truths presented in the Bible when so many Christian men of his day would not. Mr. Pink was a seasoned Christian full of insight and encouragement for those wishing to grow in the knowledge and application of God's Word. I gave this book a 4 only because I felt the sentence structure of certain chapters could have been better formulated.