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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 other ...

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 cre ...

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 p ...

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:

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 ...

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< ...

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 intro ...

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 r ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 c ...

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 wer ...

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 ...

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 fulfil ...

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-p ...

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 app ...

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 ...

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 t ...

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 ...

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 h ...

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 u ...

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 v ...

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 o ...

C. E. Hocking

The Church of the Thessalonians

1966 Volume 17 Issue 2

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, doctrinal ...

C. E. Hocking

The Church of the Thessalonians

1966 Volume 17 Issue 1

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 o ...

C. E. Hocking

The Church of the Thessalonians

1965 Volume 16 Issue 6

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 h ...

C. E. Hocking

The Church of the Thessalonians

1965 Volume 16 Issue 5

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 ...

C. E. Hocking

The Church of the Thessalonians

1965 Volume 16 Issue 4

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 ...

C. E. Hocking

The Church of the Thessalonians

1965 Volume 16 Issue 3

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 < ...

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 captiv ...

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 attit ...

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, Ne ...

C. E. Hocking

1989 Volume 40 Issue 1

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