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
23 Feb 2008
"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers - all things have been created through him and for him... He is the head of the body, the church;..." (v.15-16, 18)
Colossians 1:15-23
- Bible Book: Colossians
2 Sep 2009
"You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God." (v.5-6)
Colossians 1:1–8
- Bible Book: Colossians
- Bible Book: Colossians
- Bible Book: Colossians
15 Oct 2014
“He has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him—provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel.” (vv. 22-23a)
Colossians 1:21-23
- Bible Book: Colossians
5 Sep 2009
"... so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him - provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard." (v.22-23)
Colossians 1:21–23
- Bible Book: Colossians
7 Sep 2009
] whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ." (1:28)
Colossians 1:24 – 2:15
- Bible Book: Colossians
20 Aug 2021
To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. (v. 27)
Colossians 1:24-29
- Bible Book: Colossians
16 Oct 2014
] whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ. For this I toil and struggle with all the energy that he powerfully inspires within me.” (vv. 28-29)
Colossians 1:24-29
- Bible Book: Colossians
17 Aug 2018
“the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints” (v. 26)
Colossians 1:24-29
- Bible Book: Colossians
3 Sep 2009
"For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you." (v.9)
Colossians 1:9–14
- Bible Book: Colossians
18 Apr 2020
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, and establishing the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. (v. 6)
Colossians 2:1-14
- Bible Book: Colossians