AW Pink

Arthur W. Pink (1886-1952) is noted for his independent thinking. He was so well read, and had such a photographic memory, that he could give you the page and column in a host of reference works and commentaries. Arthur Pink's early writings reflected the highest of high-Calvinist opinion. Some have suggested that Pink was flirting with (or even embraced) a kind of hyper-Calvinism. Certain hyper-Calvinist tendencies certainly marred some of his earlier works. For example, Pink's well-known and mostly helpful book on the sovereignty of God originally included material (later edited out of the Banner of Truth edition) denying that God loves all His creatures particularly the reprobate. According to Pink, God's hatred for non-elect sinners allows for no disposition toward them that can properly be called "love."
 

Pink's denial of the love of God toward the reprobate set him at odds with Calvin, Flavel, Charnock, Manton, and most of the Puritans. But in Pink's later ministry, he encountered a virulent strain of hyper-Calvinism, promoted by the "Gospel Standard" churches in England. The Gospel Standard articles of faith deny that it is the duty of every sinner to repent and believe in Christ.
 

In the article below, Pink argues against the "Gospel Standard" error, pointing out that if God commands all sinners to repent and believe in Christ, then faith is their duty and unbelief is a sin. In support of this position Pink cites many writers who, ironically, would have differed with Pink on the love of God for the non-elect. (One is tempted to point out that if the more mature Pink had simply reexamined his own position on God's love in the same way he urged his readers to evaluate the "duty-faith" controversy by Scripture, not bare "reason"; and by considering the wisdom of our Puritan forebears Pink himself might have abandoned his insistence that God's demeanor toward the reprobate must be utterly devoid of any kind of love.) Notice also that Pink, quoting Calvin, affirms an important truth denied by many later Twentieth-Century hyper-Calvinists: that divine mercy is offered to all, indiscriminately, in the gospel.

His Works

Pink_AntiChrist  "Anti-Christ by Arthur Pink"
PINK_ATTRIBUTESOFGOD "The Attributes of God by Arthur Pink"
PINK_BEATITUDES "The Beatitudes by Arthur Pink"
Pink_Comfort "Comfort those who mourn by Arthur Pink"
PINK_DISPENSATIONALISM "A Study of Dispensationalism-Arthur Pink"
PINK_DIVINEHEALING "Divine Healing: Is it Scriptural? by Arthur Pink"
PINK_DOCTRINEOFREVELATION "The Doctrine of Revelation by Arthur Pink"
PINK_ELECTION "Doctrine of Election by Arthur Pink"
PINK_ETERNALPUNISHMENT "Eternal Punishment by Arthur Pink"
PINK_ETERNALSECURITY "Eternal Security by Arthur Pink"
Pink_Faith "Saving Faith by AW Pink"
PINK_GLEANINGS "Gleanings in Paul by Arthur Pink"
PINK_GODHEAD "Gleanings in the Godhead by Arthur Pink"
PINK_HOLYSPIRIT "The Holy Spirit  by Pink"
PINK_INSPIRATION "The Divine Inspiration of the Bible by Pink"
PINK_INTERPRETATION "Interpretation Of The Scriptures by Arthur Pink"
PINK_JUSTIFICATION "The Doctrine Of Justification-Arthur Pink"
Pink_LawAndSaint "The Law and the Saint by Arthur Pink"
PINK_LIFEOFFAITH "The Life of Faith by Arthur Pink"
PINK_LORDSPRAYER "The Lord's Prayer by Arthur Pink"
PINK_MATTHEW13 "The Prophetic Parables of Matthew 13 by Arthur Pink"
PINK_NTnotes "Pink's notes on John and Hebrews"
PINK_OTnotes "Pink's: Ge, Ex, Jos, David, Elijah and Elisha"
PINK_PROFITING "Profiting from the Word of God by Arthur Pink"
Pink_RedeemersReturn "The Redeemer's Return-A.W. Pink"
PINK_REGENERATION "Regeneration or the New Birth - Pink"
PINK_SABBATH "The Christian Sabbath by Arthur Pink"
PINK_SANCTIFICATION "The Doctrine of Sanctification by Arthur Pink"
Pink_SatisfactionOfChrist "Satisfaction of Christ by AW Pink"
PINK_SERMONONMOUNT "Sermon on the Mount (Exposition) - A. W. Pink"
PINK_SEVENSAYINGS "The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross"
PINK_SOVEREIGNTY "Sovereignty of God - A. W. Pink"
PINK_SPIRITUALGROWTH "Spiritual Growth by Arthur Pink"
PINK_SPIRITUALIMPOTANCE "Man's Spiritural Impotence by Arthur Pink"
Pink_TenCommandments "The Ten Commandments by Arthur Pink"
Pink_Tithing "Tithing by AW Pink"
PINK_TOTALDEPRAVITY "The Total Depravity of Man by Pink"
PINK_WHYFOURGOSPELS "Why Four Gospels?-Arthur Pink"