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: Expectancy and Hope

“This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, ‘Who are you?’ He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed, ‘I am not the Messiah.’ And they asked him, ‘What then? Are you Elijah?’ He said, ‘I am not.’ ‘Are you the prophet?’ He answered, ‘No.’ Then they said to him, ‘Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?’” (vv. 19-22)
John 1:6-8, 19-28
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Then they said to him, ‘Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?’ (v. 22)
John 1:6-8, 19-28
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"John answered them, 'I baptise with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know, the one who is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandal'." (v.26-27)
John 1:6-8, 19-28
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“Among you stands one whom you do not know, the one who is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandal” (vv. 26-27)
John 1:6-8, 19-28
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“I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord” (v, 23)
John 1:6-8, 19-28
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"He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him." (v. 7)
John 1:6-8, 19-28 (Looking for light in the dark)
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He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognise him. (v. 10)
John 1:10-18
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"John answered them, 'I baptise with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know, the one who is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandal'." (vv. 26-27)
John 1:19-28
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"I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandal" (v. 27)
John 1:19-28
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“He said, ’I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.” (v. 23)
John 1:19-34
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"And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God" (v. 34)
John 1:29-34
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"And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God" (v. 34)
John 1:29-34
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