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 Coming Light

"Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the living one. I was dead, and see, I am alive for ever and ever; and I have the keys of Death and of Hades." (vv. 17-18)
Revelation 1:12-18
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“But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.” (v. 11)
Luke 24:1-12
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"Go ... and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." (v. 19)
Matthew 28:16-20
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“Then he came forward and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, ‘Young man, I say to you, rise!’” (v. 14)
Luke 7:11-17
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"She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his clothes." (v. 44)
Luke 8:41-56
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“He cried with a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out!’ The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, ‘Unbind him, and let him go.’” (vv. 43b-44)
John 11:17-44
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“They compelled a passer-by, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross; it was Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus. Then they brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull). And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh; but he did not take it. And they crucified him, and divided his clothes among them, casting lots to decide what each should take.” (vv. 21-24)
Mark 15:1-39
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]. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. 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 the fragrance of the perfume.” (vv. 2-3)
John 12:1-11
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“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. Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” (vv. 24-25)
John 12:20-36
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“After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, ‘Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me.’” (v. 21)
John 13:21-32
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“Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him.” (vv. 3-5)
John 13:1-20
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“When the chief priests and the police saw him, they shouted, ‘Crucify him! Crucify him!’ Pilate said to them, ‘Take him yourselves and crucify him; I find no case against him.’” (v. 6)
John 19:1-37
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