Arthur W. Pink, HyperCalvinist

[John of Japan]

Considering that teaching Dispensationalism is your livelihood, it kinda explains your animosity towards him.

You're welcome to think that if you wish, but I hold no animosity to other opponents of Dispensationalism.

 

[John of Japan]

I don't think that Dispensationalism had much hold on the churches on the Isle of Lewis. My understanding is that they were Reformed Presbyterian churches that had fallen into a sort of dead orthodoxy. The revival of the early '50s certainly awakened them, though my understanding is that they have fallen back in more recent times into their former ways.

"There is reason to think that Pink himself made a serious mistake...when he declined to be associated with either of the two reformed congregations in Stornoway--the Free Presbyterian and the Free Church--on the grounds that they were 'lifeless'" (Iaian Murrah, The Life of Arthur W. Pink, p. 206). The footnote on that page says, "Kenneth A. MacRae was minister of one of these churches and the reader of his now-published Diary will find good reason toe disagree with this judgment." Murray was the editor of the Diary.

"It is an extraordinary fact that, although living a short distance from each other for twelve years, Pink never met Kenneth A. MacRae, the minister of the Free Church of Scotland" (Murray, p. 163). Pink could have attended MacRae's church there, but chose to be a spiritual hermit, never going to church. I can't respect that.

MacRae was a highly respected and greatly used man of God. Pink did him a great disservice by ignoring his ministry Here's a link about MacRae: Rev Kenneth Macrae | Lochgilphead Free Church of Scotland | Scotland. There are other Internet sources, and you can even listen to MacRae's sermons on the Internet.

 

[kyredneck]

You're welcome to think that if you wish, but I hold no animosity to other opponents of Dispensationalism.

Well, I do think that and would like to understand your fixation on him when there are so many others that are ALIVE you could legitimately berate.

 

[John of Japan]

Well, I do think that and would like to understand your fixation on him when there are so many others that are ALIVE you could legitimately berate.

It's not really berating someone if he's dead! And you seem to have forgotten that my main objection to him is not his theology, but his poor Christian living. How about you? Do you think it's perfectly all right for a theologian to go 14 years or so without attending church, even if there is one nearby with similar beliefs?

 

[John of Japan]

Folks, if you write books, you automatically set yourself up for criticism. That's okay. I've had good reviews and bad reviews of my books. I doubt if Pink cares about my critique of him, assuming he's in Heaven now.

 

[kyredneck]

my main objection to him is not his theology, but his poor Christian living.

"Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand" (Rom. 14:4). - A. W. Pink

Incredible. He became a "spiritual hermit" (and never stopped his writing). Can you cite scripture that shows this to be the awful sin you're making it out to be?

 

[kyredneck]

Arthur Pink's The Sovereignty of God is one of two books that I have read in my life that I eagerly turned to page after the page while reading it, looking forward to what would be on the next page.

Arthur Pink was a master at drawing out the types in scripture.

A. W. Pink

There was some discussion about A. W, Pink on another thread. I think it may be helpful to give a short biography and some book recommendations. I no longer have Iain Murray's biography, and these details come either from my memory or other sources. Arthur Pink was born in Nottingham UK in...

www.baptistboard.com

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

Considering that teaching Dispensationalism is your livelihood, it kinda explains your animosity towards him.

Considering that teaching Dispensationalism is your livelihood, it kinda explains your animosity towards him.

Please do not use weak words like ‘kinda’ when addressing attack reasoning…be definitive and remove ‘kinda’ or use the word ‘does or must’

 

[kyredneck]

It's not really berating someone if he's dead!

K. Slander then.

Who was most well-known and sold the most books? A.W. Pink or John R. Rice? Is this the root of your problem with him? That this "spiritual hermit" might've had greater influence than your grandfather?

 

[John of Japan]

K. Slander then.

Please tell me what untrue thing I said about Pink. For it to be slander, it must be a lie. All I've done is refer to facts from the two biographies of him!

Who was most well-known and sold the most books? A.W. Pink or John R. Rice? Is this the root of your problem with him? That this "spiritual hermit" might've had greater influence than your grandfather?

John R. Rice's best seller was his little book on Heaven, which has sold over 700,000. His book Prayer: Asking and Receiving has sold several hundred thousand, which is much more than Pink's best seller. That was evidently is The Sovereignty of God, which sold 178,000 as of 2001. (Banneroftruth.org). Rice wrote over 200 books and pamphlets, which have been translated into many different languages. His famous tract, "What Must I Do to Be Saved?" has had over 40,000,000 copies printed in over 40 languages.

I hadn't planned to do this kind of comparison, but you brought it up.

 

[DaveXR650]

Rice wrote over 200 books and pamphlets, which have been translated into many different languages. His famous tract, "What Must I Do to Be Saved?" has had over 40,000,000 copies printed in over 40 languages.

And somehow he still found time to attend church services!

 

[kyredneck]

IMO, Arthur Pink was a terrible, disobedient Christian, and no one should learn theology from him. Period.

If your 'opinion' of Pink is not God's opinion, then it's slanderous. Again, cite scripture showing his reclusiveness to be the awful sin you're making it out to be.

In all these biographies on him is he ever accused of REAL sins like fornication, lying. stealing, drunkenness, railing, etc.?

 

[kyredneck]

@DaveXR650, @John of Japan, if judgmental intolerant 'Christians' like you were all I had to hang with I'd be a recluse too.

 

[DaveXR650]

@DaveXR650, @John of Japan, if judgmental intolerant 'Christians' like you were all I had to hang with I'd be a recluse too.

It's more fun to dish it out isn't it. Where's the good humor you recommend for others?