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: One True Foundation

The Resource Hub Bible Studies
Monday 10 April 2017

10 Apr 2017

“Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, ‘Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?’” (vv. 3-5)
John 12:1-11
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Saturday 8 August 2026

8 Aug 2026

Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She bought itc so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me." (vs 7-8)

John 12:1-11
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Monday 15 April 2019

15 Apr 2019

‘You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.’ (v. 8)
John 12:1-11
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Monday 06 April 2009

6 Apr 2009

"Jesus said, 'Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.'" (v.7-8)
John 12:1-11
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Monday 17 March 2008

17 Mar 2008

"Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair... But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, 'Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?' (He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief...)" (v.3-5)
John 12:1-11
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Tuesday 30 March 2021

30 Mar 2021

“they came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.” (v. 9b)
John 12:9-11
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Friday 11 August 2017

11 Aug 2017

“So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord—the King of Israel!’” (v. 13)
John 12:12-19
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Saturday 08 August 2020

8 Aug 2020

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord—the King of Israel!’ (v. 13)
John 12:12-19
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Monday 14 August 2023

14 Aug 2023

Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it. (v. 14a)
John 12:12-19
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Monday 18 August 2014

18 Aug 2014

“Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.” (v. 13)
John 12:12-19
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Wednesday 16 August 2023

16 Aug 2023

‘Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit’. (v. 24)
John 12:20-26
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Sunday 21 March 2021

21 Mar 2021

‘...unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.’ (v. 24)
John 12:20-33
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