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

This week's theme: Slavery and Freedom

“At that time Herod the ruler heard reports about Jesus; and he said to his servants, ‘This is John the Baptist; he has been raised from the dead, and for this reason these powers are at work in him.’” (v. 1)
Matthew 14:1-12
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“At that time Herod the ruler heard reports about Jesus” (v. 1)
Matthew 14:1-12
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Prompted by her mother, she said, 'Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.' (v. 8)
Matthew 14:1-12
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“Jesus withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself ... When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them and cured their sick.” (vv. 13a,14)
Matthew 14:13-21
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"When it was evening, the disciples came to Jesus and said, 'This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves'." (v.15)
Matthew 14:13-21
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And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. (v. 20)
Matthew 14:13-21
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Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. (v. 19)
Matthew 14:13-21
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Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. (v. 19)
Matthew 14:13-21
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“They replied, ‘We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.’ And he said, ‘Bring them here to me.’” (vv. 17-18)
Matthew 14:13-21
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They replied, ‘We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.’ And he said, ‘Bring them here to me.’ (vs. 17-18)
Matthew 14:13-21
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“ … immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, ‘Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.’” (v. 27)
Matthew 14:22-27
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“Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.’ He said, ‘Come.’” (vv. 28-29a)
Matthew 14:22-33
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