Articles by B. P. Hoffman
Good Form in the Pulpit
July 1938
The Lord says His "house shall be called a house of prayer for all people." The primary function of the services in the house of God is worship. In order that worship may indeed be in spirit and in truth, it is necessary that there be a…
Beware of Arraigning Nations
March 1938
Recent months seem to have produced an abundant crop of written speculations attempting to fit various contemporary political and international phenomena into private schemes of prophetic fulfillment. A similar…
Beauty and Orderliness in Worship
October 1939
A few practices that are quite common, but that decidedly detract from the beauty and orderliness of group worship, might well be mentioned, not in the spirit of unkind criticism, but in the hope that these suggestions…
Music in Worshipful Service
June 1940
As early as records extend, music—both vocal and instrumental—seems to have had a large place in public worship. Though it be granted that in some types of worship music has been overemphasized and in others sadly perverted, every successful…
The Matter of Public Prayer
October 1946
Perfunctoriness is perhaps one of the greatest enemies against which the one who is charged with the responsibility of the hour of public worship must be always and consciously on the alert. Perfunctory…
A New Day for Evangelism in Japan
March 1948
The great changes that have occurred in Japan and the situation obtaining there today offer a striking illustration of principles emphasized many years ago by the messenger of the Lord in a message entitled "Extension…
Delving into the Word
November 1937
Principles of Prophetic Interpretation
By B. P. HOFFMAN, Professor of Biblical Exegesis, S.D.A. Theological Seminary
The prophecies of Scripture, and their fulfillment, have…
Guiding Principles in Prophetic Interpretation—No. 1
July 1935
True to the prediction given to Daniel concerning "the time of the end," the decades of the last century have seen much running to and fro in the field of prophetic investigation. While right knowledge concerning the…
Principles in Prophetic Interpretation—No. 2
August 1935
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Flippant Use of "Amen"
January 1933
It is a rather common thing to hear our older ministers lament the passing of hearty "Amens" during the preaching of the word. But more and more we are hearing protests over the careless, yes, almost flippant, way in which certain of our…