Practical Christianity
From the introduction: “...in writing these articles Pink expounded the Scriptures as penetratingly as he did in his expository and doctrinal writings. His practical Christianity, then, is not a collection of pious thoughts on the Christian life or a simple outline of Scripture, but a full treatment of the subject.” The book covers many expected topics (e.g., progress in the Christian life; the armor of God) and offers some surprises (e.g., the inability of even a renewed person to produce good in his life; the authority of employers).
Key Features
- Challenging and inspirational
- Rich in devotional and practical truth
Praise for the Print Edition
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
Product Details
- Title: Practical Christianity
- Author: A. W. Pink
- Publisher: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
- Publication Date: 2005
- Pages: 224
About A. W. Pink
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.
Top Highlights
“Reader, if there is a reserve in your obedience, you are on the way to hell.” (Page 15)
“First, with many it is because they are willing for Christ to save them from hell, but are not willing for Him to save them from self.” (Page 15)
“, there are multitudes who are quite ready for Christ to justify them, but not to sanctify.” (Page 15)
“‘Doctrinal preaching is designed to enlighten the understanding, to instruct the mind, to inform the judgment. It is that which supplies motives to gratitude and furnishes incentives to good works.’ ‘Doctrinal Christianity is both the ground and the motive of practical Christianity, for it is principle and not emotion or impulse which is the dynamic of the spiritual life.’ But doctrine, unless reduced to practice, is of no avail. Pink wrote, ‘There is no doctrine revealed in Scripture for a merely speculative knowledge, but all is to exert a powerful influence upon conduct. God’s design in all that He has revealed to us is to the purifying of our affections and the transforming of our characters.’” (Page 7)
“If I say ‘I come to the U.S.A.’ then I necessarily indicate that I left some other country to get here. Thus it is in ‘coming’ to Christ; something has to be left. Coming to Christ not only involves the abandoning of every false object of confidence, it also includes and entails the forsaking of all other competitors for my heart.” (Page 20)
- Title: Practical Christianity
- Author: Arthur Walkington Pink
- Publisher: Faithlife
- Print Publication Date: 2005
- Logos Release Date: 2005
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Christianity › Practice of
- Resource ID: LLS:AWP-PRCTCHR
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-23T22:44:14Z
A. W. Pink (1886–1952) pastored churches in the United States and Australia for most of his working life. At the age of 24, Pink experienced an evangelical conversion and crossed the Atlantic from Great Britain to study at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. But after only six weeks, he left to take up a pastoral ministry during which he found his way to a strictly Calvinistic position in theology.
In 1922, Pink produced a monthly magazine entitled Studies in the Scriptures which circulated among English-speaking Christians worldwide. Pink devoted his life to the study and exposition of the Scriptures and became the author, also under the name Arthur Walkington Pink, of numerous books which the Banner of Truth Trust began publishing after Pink’s death.
Articles, books, tracts, and pamphlets, including the notable Exposition of Hebrews and The Nature of God, can be found in the A. W. Pink Collection (40 vols.). Also available from Logos are The Godhood of God, Why Four Gospels?, The Divine Inspiration of the Bible, and The Law and the Saint.