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

"With many such parables he spoke to them, as they were able to hear it: he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples." (v.33–34)
Mark 4:30-34
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"How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?" (v.22)
Proverbs 1:1-7, 20-23
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"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. Put on the whole armour of God, so that you might be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." (v.10–11)
Ephesians 6:10-18
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"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ... All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being". (v.1-2)
John 1:1-14
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"Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into." (v.42-43)
Matthew 24:36-43
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"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when was it we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?' And the king will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me'." (v.37-40)
Matthew 25:31-46
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"The twelve were with him, as well as some women ... " (v.1-2)
Luke 8:1-3
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"And I heard a voice from heaven saying, 'Write this: Blessed are the dead who from now on die in the Lord'. 'Yes', says the Spirit, 'for they rest from their labours, for their deeds follow them'." (v.13)
Revelation 14:12-20
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"There shall be a time of anguish, such as has never occurred since nations first came into existence. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book." (v.1)
Daniel 12:1-13
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"For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many." (v.45)
Mark 10:35-45
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"The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the world and all who live in it." (v.5)
Nahum 1:1-13
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"Then the disciples came and asked him, 'Why do you speak to them in parables?' He answered, 'To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For to those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. The reason I speak to them in parables is that seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand'." (v.10-13)
Matthew 13:1-23
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