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As no suitable ministry was available to him, the Pinks took a decision to return to America, and they sailed from Southampton, on May 2, 1929. John MacArthur wrote the foreword to a reprint of one of A. W. Pink’s books, saying, “[He] was a master of biblical exposition, carefully mining the biblical text for every ounce of true meaning, every nuance of doctrine, and every point of personal application he could discover.

. The island was a bastion of Calvinism, but church services were held mostly in Scots Gaelic, and visitors were not especially welcomed in any case.[19] Pink governed his time in study and writing with "military precision." To a friend he wrote that he went out to shop and get exercise for an hour, six days a week, but that otherwise he never left his study except when working in a small garden.

In the first part of in his ministry, Pink was a devout dispensationalist, but in the early 1930s he embraced a form of covenant theology.

Modern Bible teachers have high praise for Pink. His first published books were “The Divine Inspiration of the Bible,” in 1917, and “The Sovereignty of God,” in 1918. from attachment to the truth.” Doors had slammed shut for a preaching ministry.

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.

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After Pink's death, his works were republished by the Banner of Truth Trust and reached a much wider audience as a result. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones recommended Pink’s writings to a young student for the ministry: “Don’t waste your time reading Barth and Brunner. Here he preached on God’s sovereignty and divine election. They married in November 1916.

They attended the Free Presbyterian Church in Glasgow. However, he left after just two months for Colorado, then California, then Britain. To a friend he wrote "that those of my friends who would dearly like to help me are powerless to do so; while those who could, will not. To one young minister, he said, "Don't waste your time reading Barth and Brunner.

However, after only six weeks, he wanted to enter the pastoral ministry. He became entangled in the occult as a young man and joined a local gathering of the then-popular Theosophical Society. W. Pink