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C. E. Hocking
Articles by this Author
A Time to Keep Silence and a Time to Speak
“INOPPORTUNENESS IS THE BANE OF LIFE”. The title of this article is taken from a section in Ecclesiastes 3 designed to impress us with this fact among others. One commenting on this passage has said, …
C. E. Hocking
1974 Volume 25 Issue 5
Exposition
Administration of Glory from the City of Pure Gold
‘Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven’, Matt. 6. 10. This prayer longs for the consummation of the complex course of history which began with the creation of the heavens and…
C. E. Hocking
1995 Volume 50 Issue 6
Exposition
Comparing Calendars
Mankind has produced a variety of calendars the origins of which have provided astronomers, historians and antiquarians with fascinating pursuits. Our particular concern here is to point out the obvio…
C. E. Hocking
Comparing Calendars
1989 Volume 40 Issue 1
Exposition
Comparing Calendars – Image
C. E. Hocking
Comparing Calendars
1989 Volume 40 Issue 1
Exposition
Dark Dishonour – Answering Glory
Our title was suggested by a verse of CENTRA Thompson’s hymn which gripped our hearts during the Lord’s Supper recently. The words arc familiar to many of us: Every mark of dark dishonour Heaped upon …
C. E. Hocking
1988 Volume 39 Issue 5
Exposition
Distinguishing Words That Differ: The Stranger (Paper 1)
Two statements in Exodus 12 appear contradictory, the one says categorically “There shall no stranger eat there-of (that is, of the passover)”, whilst the other states “when a stranger shall sojourn w…
C. E. Hocking
1985 Volume 36 Issue 1
Exposition
Distinguishing Words That Differ: The Stranger (Paper 2)
In our previous paper we considered two Hebrew words, zar and nekhar, the usage of which warns of the influence of the dangerous and the different upon God’s people. The call was to watchfulness and s…
C. E. Hocking
1985 Volume 36 Issue 2
Exposition
Ezra Chapter 3
Article Reviewed 12/10/2015 IT WAS SEPTEMBER TIME, “the seventh month” (v. 1), a highlight month in Israel’s calendar. The blowing of the trumpets introducing its first day was to be followed by the D…
C. E. Hocking
Outline Studies in the Book of Ezra
1957 Volume 8 Issue 8
Exposition
Ezra Chapters 1 and 2
THE narrative opens where 2 Chronicles had ended. In 2 Chronicles the pledge of restoration is given, whilst Ezra records the history of restoration. The sovereign purposes of God relative to the retu…
C. E. Hocking
Outline Studies in the Book of Ezra
1957 Volume 8 Issue 7
Exposition
Ezra the Man and his Mission
Chapter 7WE ARE NOW INTRODUCED to the man Ezra for the first time. The opening words of the chapter (‘now after these things’) might superficially be taken to infer that the details about to be record…
C. E. Hocking
Outline Studies in the Book of Ezra
1958 Volume 9 Issue 3
Exposition
Glorious Themes for the Redeemed
Gold as a Substance Though gold is a comparatively rare and very precious metal, it is mentioned more frequently in both testaments than any other metal.1 Biblically, as the lion among the beasts, as …
C. E. Hocking
1995 Volume 50 Issue 5
Exposition
Hope of the Believer and the The Church
The believer should be confident that God’s prophetic promises are to be fulfilled. The New Testament scriptures quote and allude to many Old Testament contexts of hope in a spirit of joyous anticipat…
C. E. Hocking
The Bible and the Future
1996 Volume 51 Issue 4
Study
Indelible Impressions
All quotations are from the Revised VersionThe apostle Paul could say ‘Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them which so walk even as ye have us for an en-sample’, Phil. 3. 17. Those wh…
C. E. Hocking
1963 Volume 14 Issue 6
Exposition
Mr. William Trew
On Friday, August 6th, 1971, Mr. William Trew of Cardiff passed into the immediate presence of his Lord. He will be greatly missed. The foundation of his life of spiritual usefulness was laid in his m…
C. E. Hocking
1971 Volume 22 Issue 5
History
New Testament Prophecies
Of course the believer should trust his Bible provided by God for the enlightenment and encouragement of His ‘friends’, cf Gen. 18. 17-19; John 15. 15. In our previous paper we confirmed this through …
C. E. Hocking
The Bible and the Future
1996 Volume 51 Issue 3
Study
Old Testament Prophecies
1. IntroductionRecently, the question was posed, ‘Is the young believer able to trust the Bible regarding its predictions of the future?’ Two Saturday ministry sessions were allotted to address the qu…
C. E. Hocking
The Bible and the Future
1996 Volume 51 Issue 2
Study
Opposition Encountered – Chapter 4
If in our service for Christ, we leave out of account the wiles of the devil we run the risk of being badly deceived.No GOOD WORK is allowed to proceed unchallenged! The methods of the devil take diff…
C. E. Hocking
Outline Studies in the Book of Ezra
1957 Volume 9 Issue 1
Exposition
Opposition Mastered – Chapters 5 & 6
Work had now ceased on the house of God for something like two years. In the section before us we find God intervening in the affairs of His people that His pur-poses might be fulfilled. The developme…
C. E. Hocking
Outline Studies in the Book of Ezra
1958 Volume 9 Issue 2
Exposition
Redemption
The prodigal son of Luke 15, when he came to himself, made his way home to the father’s house. The prodigal spouse of Hosea 3 was neither free nor able to do this. She was a slave in the market-place,…
C. E. Hocking
The Fundamentals
1962 Volume 13 Issue 3
Exposition
Samuel the Prophet
THE PERIOD OF THE JUDGES, as distinct from the scope of the book of Judges, extends from Judges I to 1 Samuel 7. Throughout, all is seen to be fitful, wilful and unsettled. Moral standards were appall…
C. E. Hocking
Key Men in sacred history
1961 Volume 12 Issue 5
Exposition
Saul – the People’s Choice
Saul was the first of the kings of Israel. The duration of his reign was forty years. The phase of history thus opened is known as the united kingdom period. The succeeding reigns of David and Solomon…
C. E. Hocking
Key Men in sacred history
1961 Volume 12 Issue 6
Exposition
Seeking and Gaining a Right Way
Chapter 8.PRAISE TO GOD FOR OPENING THE WAY, chapter 7, is followed by the proving of God throughout the course of the expedition, chapter 8. Dependent on God and obedient to the principles of His ete…
C. E. Hocking
Outline Studies in the Book of Ezra
1958 Volume 9 Issue 4
Exposition
Some Emphases of the Book of Ezra
IN THIS CONCLUDING ARTICLE we shall consider the treatment of the following subjects throughout the book:1. The goodness and severity of God.2. Living to the glory of God.3. Separation.4. The spiritua…
C. E. Hocking
Outline Studies in the Book of Ezra
1958 Volume 9 Issue 6
Exposition
Steps to Revival
DELIVERANCE HAD BEEN THE EXPERIENCED PORTION of Ezra and his company, the ‘hand of God being upon them for good’, 8. 31. Defilement was the condition found to be on the increase in Judah, the hands of…
C. E. Hocking
Outline Studies in the Book of Ezra
1958 Volume 9 Issue 5
Exposition
Stewardship
We are encouraged to live for the glory of God by the tremendous privileges which are ours through His grace. We are also spurred on to greater things for God when stress is placed upon our responsibi…
C. E. Hocking
Stewardship
1975 Volume 26 Issue 5
Exposition
Stewardship (concluded)
The Spiritual Application of the Word. We have seen that the compound word translated steward means “manager of a house'* (pikonomos). The New Testament vitally links our stewardship with church life.…
C. E. Hocking
Stewardship
1975 Volume 26 Issue 6
Exposition
The Church of the Thessalonians
6. MORAL AND SPIRITUAL PROBLEMS All quotations are from the Revised Version The opening words of chapter 4 introduce the second division of this First Epistle to the Thessalonians. Here the note is pr…
C. E. Hocking
The Church of the Thessalonians
1966 Volume 17 Issue 2
Exposition
The Church of the Thessalonians
For helpful analyses of the contents of the first and second Epistles to the Thessalonians, readers should consult Mr. A. G. Clarke’s outlines that appeared in volume 13 part 6 page 178 and volume 14 …
C. E. Hocking
The Church of the Thessalonians
1965 Volume 16 Issue 3
Exposition
The Church of the Thessalonians
2. SOME LESSONS IN PLANTING 1 Thess. 2. 1-16 Quotations are from the Revised Version The Scriptures are extremely rich in metaphor. There are distinctions to be observed in their use. When the preachi…
C. E. Hocking
The Church of the Thessalonians
1965 Volume 16 Issue 4
Exposition
The Church of the Thessalonians
3. THE MODEL CHURCH ‘Evangelise or fossilise’. How true if not the whole truth. Yet ‘how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard ? and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how sha…
C. E. Hocking
The Church of the Thessalonians
1965 Volume 16 Issue 5
Exposition
The Church of the Thessalonians
4. TRIBULATION WORKETH PATIENCE All quotations are from the Revised Version We expect specially gifted servants of Christ to suffer in the course of their service for Him. Certainly, Paul and his comp…
C. E. Hocking
The Church of the Thessalonians
1965 Volume 16 Issue 6
Exposition
The Church of the Thessalonians
5. COMFORT AND CHALLENGE All quotations are from the Revised Version Throughout the Epistles to the Thessalonians the emphasis, doctrinally, is on the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Second Adve…
C. E. Hocking
The Church of the Thessalonians
1966 Volume 17 Issue 1
Exposition
The Gospel Records – Some Features
Christianity is an historic faith. We have not followed cunningly devised fables. However, we must remember that the facts of the faith were preached long before they were penned. The chief concern of…
C. E. Hocking
1972 Volume 23 Issue 3
Exposition
Troublous Times
The title is taken from Daniel 9. 25, and refers to conditions which would prevail for many years subsequent to the return to Jerusalem of a remnant of God’s people out of captivity. The pages of Nehe…
C. E. Hocking
1964 Volume 15 Issue 4
Study
You’re an Idealist
“You’re an Idealist” Yes, that was the phrase that caused my ears to prick up! Quite apart from the conversation which had led to the statement, I discerned an attitude to which many of the Lord’s peo…
C. E. Hocking
1970 Volume 21 Issue 1
Devotional
Book Reviews by this Author
Rise Up My Love
Rise Up My Love, ‘The Drama of Salvation History and the Song of Songs’, by C. E. Hocking, 424 pages. Precious Seed Publications, P.O. Box 8, Neath, West Glamorgan SA11 1QB. Price, incl. p. and p. £7.…
C. E. Hocking
1989 Volume 40 Issue 1
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