The Divine Inspiration of the Bible

by Arthur Walkington Pink

Publisher:

Bible Truth Depot

, 1917

Overview

A defense of God as Author of the Bible examines evidences for the trustworthiness of Scripture and what belief in inspiration means.

Product Details

• Title: The Divine Inspiration of the Bible
• Author: A. W. Pink
• Publisher: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
• Publication Date: 1999

Contents

Top Highlights

“If the Bible is not inspired in the strictest sense of the word then it is worthless, for it claims to be God’s Word, and if its claims are spurious then its statements are unreliable and its contents are untrustworthy. If, on the other hand, it can be shown to the satisfaction of every impartial inquirer that the Bible is the Word of God, inerrant and infallible, then we have a starting point from which we can advance to the conquest of all truth.” (source)

“This argument may be simply and tersely stated thus—Man needed a Divine revelation couched in human language. God had previously given man a revelation of Himself in His created works—which men please to term ‘nature’—but bears unmistakable testimony to the existence of its Creator, and though sufficient is revealed of God thro’ it to render all men ‘without excuse,’ yet creation does not present a complete unveiling of God’s character. Creation reveals God’s wisdom and power, but it gives us a very imperfect presentation of His mercy and love. Creation is now under the curse; it is imperfect, because it has been marred by sin; therefore, an imperfect creation cannot be a perfect medium for revealing God; and hence, also, the testimony of creation is contradictory.” (source)

“In a word then, the testimony of nature is conflicting, and, as we have said, this is due to the fact that sin has come in and marred God’s handiwork. Creation displays God’s natural attributes but it tells us little or nothing of His moral perfections. Nature knows no forgiveness and shows no mercy, and if we had no other source of information we should never discover the fact that God pardons sinners. Man then needs a written revelation from God.” (source)

Product Details

• Title: The Divine Inspiration of the Bible
• Author: Arthur Walkington Pink
• Publisher: Bible Truth Depot
• Print Publication Date: 1917
• Logos Release Date: 2001
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible › Inspiration
• Resource ID: LLS:42.110.41
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-12T00:20:51Z

About Arthur Walkington Pink

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.

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.