Bible Studies

We hope you find our 'Word in Time' Bible studies support you in recognising God in Scripture, and the world around you.

Each week’s studies are written by volunteers across the Connexion (you can read the author’s biography after each study). They follow the lectionary of the Methodist Prayer Handbook. You may additionally be interested in our Prayer of the Day, also from the Methodist Prayer Handbook.

If you would like to write for A Word in Time, please email wit@methodistchurch.org.uk

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This week's theme: The Shepherd's Glory

'She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.' (v. 21)
Matthew 1:18-25
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“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” (v. 20)
Matthew 1:18-25
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When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife. (v. 24)

Matthew 1:18-25
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“Do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” (v. 20)
Matthew 1:18-25 (Joseph of Nazareth)
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“Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, ‘Go and search diligently for the child; and when you have found him, bring me word so that I may also go and pay him homage.’ When they had heard the king, they set out; and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy.” (vv. 8-10)
Matthew 2:1-12
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“On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage.” (v. 11)
Matthew 2:1-12
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On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. (v. 11)
Matthew 2:1-12
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Matthew 2:1-12
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Matthew 2:1-12
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"Then, opening their treasure-chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh." (v.11)
Matthew 2:1-12
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Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. (v. 11)
Matthew 2:1-12
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In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem ... (v. 1)
Matthew 2:1-12
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