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.
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This week's theme: Justice and Sacrifice
7 Nov 2025
Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times." (vs 21-22)
8 Nov 2025
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.” (v. 14)
9 Nov 2025
"Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive.” (v. 38)
10 Nov 2025
Then someone came to him and said, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” (v. 16)
11 Nov 2025
When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astounded and said, “Then who can be saved?” But Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” (vs 25-26)
12 Nov 2025
Then Peter said in reply, “Look, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?" (v. 27)
13 Nov 2025
"Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” (vs 15-16)
14 Nov 2025
"See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death." (v. 18)
15 Nov 2025
"But whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave." (vs 26b-27)
16 Nov 2025
When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, “As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down.” (vs 5-6)
17 Nov 2025
For what other great nation has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is whenever we call to him? And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this entire law that I am setting before you today? (vs 7-8)
18 Nov 2025
So acknowledge today and take to heart that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. (v. 39)