At the turn of the twentieth century, the major Baptist bodies were Arminian, to the extent that most people had forgotten that originally most Baptists were Calvinists. It is against this background that the Lord raised up a mighty voice for the old Puritan truths of Scripture.

Enter -- Arthur Walkington Pink (1886–1952), who was converted in 1908 and simultaneously called to the gospel ministry. In 1910 he left England and enrolled at Moody Bible Institute, but after two months he withdrew and took a pastorate in Silverton, Colorado. A.W. Pink then filled several short-lived pastorates in California, Kentucky, and South Carolina. Over these early years Pink began reading the works of Jonathan Edwards, John Calvin, Augustine, Ralph Erskine, Andrew Fuller, and Robert Haldane.

Pink spent three years preaching and writing in Australia. He returned to England in 1928 for an unsettled year, and then traveled back to the States for eight years of unsuccessful itinerant ministry. Even worse than the apparent lack of success in Pink’s writings was the poor reception of his public preaching ministry, probably due in part to his eccentric personality. Just before Pink returned to Great Britain to spend the last sixteen years of his life in virtual isolation, he wrote to Lowell Green,

" This is the chief reason why I am leaving the States. God's blessing has been and now is upon my written ministry in a most unmistakable and gracious way; but my personal ministry through direct contact is almost a complete failure... "

So Pink spent the rest of his years devoted to his writings. Most of his published works first appeared as serials in Studies in the Scriptures, and from these writings Pink had a profound impact, if not during his own lifetime, certainly after his death and until the present day. (taken from "The Impact of A.W. Pink (1918–1953) by Joel Rishel")

As with the other public domain articles bibleteacher.org (Didaskalos Ministries) publishes, you may not agree with all you read in Reverend A.W. Pink's writings -- but you will find a wealth of material here that will drive you to the deeper truths of God's written Word. These works are strongly Calvinistic, emphasizing God's Sovereign control over all that He has made. Click on a title to begin your journey ...