Rev Arthur W. Pink (1886-1952) was born in Great Britain and
immigrated to the U.S. to study at Moody Bible Institute. He pastored
churches in Colorado, California, Kentucky, and South Carolina before
becoming an itinerant Bible teacher in 1919. He returned to his native
land in 1934, taking up residence on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, in
1940, and remained there until his death. Most of his works first
appeared as articles in "
Studies in Scriptures" a monthly
magazine devoted to the exposition of Scripture. Rev. Pink is best
known for his expositions of the great themes of Scripture: grace,
justification, and sanctification.
Some consider Rev. Pink to be one of
the great Christian authors of the 20th century. He began his studies
having been taught dispensational theology. Some of his early writings
reflected this view (i.e.
The Redeemer's Return
and
The Antichrist). Prior to Rev. Pink's death he
realized the errors of dispensational theology, especially the
pretribulational rapture theory. Rev. Pink wrote a series of 5 articles
refuting dispensationalism in 1952. They were published in his
publication
Studies in the
Scriptures for the June through October, 1952 issues as
A Refutation Of
Dispensationalism. These articles show Mr. Pink's changed position,
he was against the dispensational school of thought up till the very
month of his death. Many dispensationalist websites carry Rev. Pink's
writings from his early years espousing dispensational views. However I
have yet to see this important series of articles about his change in
theology and refutation of dispensationalism on their websites. This is
unfortunate because his intention in these articles was to "
expose the modern and pernicious error of
Dispensationalism".
Links
A Refutation Of
Dispensationalism, Arthur W. Pink
A.
W. Pink's Archives (offsite @ Providence Baptist Ministries)