Studies in the Scriptures - 1947 Annual Volume

by Arthur W. Pink

Another quality eBook from Chapel Library (with active Table of Contents and footnotes).
Arthur W. Pink (1886-1952) wrote and published his monthly 28 page expository digest, Studies in the Scriptures, from 1922 to 1953. He mailed it worldwide by paid subscription to whomever desired the deeper truths of God. Each issue contained continuing serialized articles on six to eight subjects. When one subject was “completed” to the author’s satisfaction, another subject series began in its place in the next issue. In total, the 380 issues comprise a treasure of immense proportions.
The Annual Volume 1947 contains the January through December issues of the Studies in the Scriptures from that year. It includes the middle portions of two series: Prayers of the Apostles and The Life and Times of Joshua, and the beginning of the series Doctrine of Revelation (inspiration of the Scriptures). Chapel Library is republishing the monthly issues: 1) in eBooks as annual volumes, 2) in print, and 3) in PDF at our website, www.ChapelLibrary.org.
Arthur W. Pink (1886-1952) was born in Nottingham England, and born again of the Spirit of God at the age of 22. He briefly studied at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, USA, before his pastoral work among independent churches in Colorado, California, Kentucky, and South Carolina. He taught in Sydney, Australia, before returning to his native England in 1934. He took permanent residence in Lewis, Scotland, in 1940, remaining there 12 years until his death. Most of his works first appeared as articles in the Studies in the Scriptures, published every month without interruption from 1922 to 1953 (and currently republished serially by Chapel Library). Familiar with the whole range of revelation, Mr. Pink was rarely sidetracked from the great themes of Scripture: grace, justification, and sanctification.

441 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 29, 2012

About the author

Arthur Walkington Pink was born in Nottingham, England on April 1, 1886 and became a Christian in his early 20s. Though born to Christian parents, prior to conversion he migrated into a Theosophical society (an occult gnostic group popular in England during that time), and quickly rose in prominence within their ranks. His conversion came from his father's patient admonitions from Scripture. It was Proverbs 14:12, 'there is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death,' which particularly struck his heart and compelled him to renounce Theosophy and follow Jesus.

Desiring to grow in knowledge of the Bible, Pink migrated to the United States to study at Moody Bible Institute. In 1916 he married Vera E. Russell, from Kentucky. However, he left after just two months for Colorado, then California, then Britain. From 1925 to 1928 he served in Australia, including as pastor of two congregations from 1926 to 1928, when he returned to England, and to the United States the following year. He eventually pastored churches Colorado, California, Kentucky and South Carolina.

In 1922 he started a monthly magazine entitled Studies in Scriptures which circulated among English-speaking Christians worldwide, though only to a relatively small circulation list of around 1,000.

In 1934 Pink returned to England, and within a few years turned his Christian service to writing books and pamphlets. Pink died in Stornoway, Scotland on July 15, 1952. The cause of death was anemia.

After Pink's death, his works were republished by the Banner of Truth Trust and reached a much wider audience as a result. Biographer Iain Murray observes of Pink, "the widespread circulation of his writings after his death made him one of the most influential evangelical authors in the second half of the twentieth century." His writing sparked a revival of expository preaching and focused readers' hearts on biblical living.