Many Christians long to see greater depth in their praying but don’t know where to turn. In this detailed study on prayer, A.W. Pink examines the prayers of the Apostle Paul. This rich book not only instructs the reader how to pray, but give insight into Paul’s relationship with God and the people he served.
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.
—Iain H. Murrary
A. W. Pink (1886-1952) a native of Nottingham, England, whose life as a pastor and writer was spent in a variety of locations in the British Isles, the United States, and Australia. As a young man he turned away from the Christian faith of his parents and became an adherent of the theosophical cult; but then he experienced an evangelical conversion and crossed the Atlantic in 1910, at the age of 24, to become a student at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. After only six weeks, however, he left to take up a pastoral ministry. It was during the years that followed that he found his way to a strictly Calvinistic position in theology. He was soon wielding a quite prolific pen. As one whose life was devoted to the study and exposition of the Scriptures, he became the author of numerous books which the Banner of Truth Trust has been assiduously reprinting in recent times. No doubt his chief monument is the paper Studies in the Scriptures which he produced monthly and regularly for a period of thirty years from the beginning of 1922 until his death in 1952.
“Fourth, consider the subjects of Paul’s thanksgiving: ‘for you all.’” (Page 18)
“The incense which was offered in the tabernacle and temple consisted of various spices compounded together (Ex. 30:34–35), and it was the blending of one with another that made the perfume so fragrant and refreshing. The incense was a type of the intercession of our great High Priest (Rev. 8:3–4) and the prayers of the saints (Mal. 1:11). Like the spices our humiliation, supplication, and adoration should be proportionately mingled in our approaches to the throne of grace—not one to the exclusion of the other but a blending together.” (Page 11)
“Nothing more endears one Christian to another than to know he is remembered by him before the throne of grace.” (Page 15)
“Pastors, be not content with seeing sinners converted: seek their growth and establishment.” (Page 20)
“If our faith is not productive of obedience such as others will take note of, there is something seriously wrong with us.” (Page 19)