Arthur W. Pink: Born to Write

By Bernard R. DeRemer

Arthur W. Pink (1886-1952) was born in England and grew up in a nonconformist (a term once used in Britain to apply to non-Anglican Protestants) Christian home.

Though his education was extensive, he never became a believer in his early life. By age 22, he was a successful businessman and “a rising leader in the Theosophy Society (a New-Age group)...being considered for leadership in the movement.”

Pink’s father quoted to him Proverbs 14:12, “There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” The Holy Spirit used this truth to bring him to conviction resulting in his conversion. Later in life, he would preach the Gospel to members of that same society.