WTBS - What the Bible Says

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. "God’s Design for the Churches" Series Episode 111 - 06/11/26 Led by Tim Clark What does it really mean to evangelise? Is it simply telling people about Jesus, persuading them to make a decision, or seeing new people join the church? And how do we know whether our evangelism is actually successful? In this latest study in our *God's Design...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. "God’s Design for the Churches" Series Episode 111 - 24/10/26 Led by Graeme McPherson What is the gospel, and why must it remain at the centre of everything the church believes and does? In this What the Bible Says study, we continue our series, “God’s Design for the Churches,” by exploring the centrality of the gospel in church life and practi...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. "God’s Design for the Churches" Series Episode 110 - 09/10/26 Led by Martin Rogers What we believe shapes how we live-but how can we know whether our beliefs are sound? In this What the Bible Says study, we continue our “God’s Design for the Churches” series by exploring sound doctrine: what it means, why it matters, and how biblical teaching s...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. "God’s Design for the Churches" Series Episode 109 - 25/09/26 Led by Akin George In this second study on preaching, we ask: who should preach, and how can the truth of God be proclaimed effectively? Building on the previous discussion, we are reminded that biblical preaching must remain centred upon Jesus Christ - who He is, what He has accompl...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. "God’s Design for the Churches" Series Episode 108 - 11/09/26 Led by Akin George What does the Bible actually mean by “preaching”? Is it simply delivering a sermon from a pulpit, or is it something in which every Christian has a part to play? In this first study on preaching, we explore Romans 10 and consider God’s chosen means of bringing the...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 107 - 28/08/26 Led by Tim Clark The Trinity is one of the central doctrines of the Christian faith - yet the word itself never appears in the Bible. So where does the doctrine come from, and does Scripture really teach that God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit? In this study we begin by looking at some of the alternative views that have appeared...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 106 - 14/08/26 Led by Tim Clark In this concluding part of our study on *Rebellion in the Wilderness* , we follow Israel through three more significant episodes that expose the danger of unbelief, disobedience and taking God’s provision for granted. We begin with the twelve spies returning from Canaan. Although they had seen that the land was e...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 105 - 31/07/26 Led by Tim Clark In this second part of *What the Bible Says About Rebellion in the Wilderness*, we continue through the book of Numbers and examine two serious challenges to the leadership God had established among His people. We begin in *Numbers 12*, where Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses. What begins with criticism concer...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 104 - 17/07/26 Led by Graeme McPherson In this episode of What the Bible Says, we begin exploring Israel’s rebellions in the wilderness and ask what these events reveal about the human heart, the holiness of God, and our continuing need for grace. Israel had witnessed extraordinary acts of God, yet repeatedly struggled to trust His word and wai...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 103 - 19/06/26 Led by Tim Clark What happens when a Christian dies? In this third part of our study on life after death, we continue exploring the hope given to believers through the words of Jesus, the teaching of Paul, and the wider witness of Scripture. Beginning with the thief on the cross, we consider Jesus’ promise: “Today you will be wit...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 102 - 05/06/26 Led by Tim Clark In this second part of What the Bible Says About Life After Death , we continue exploring what Scripture teaches about death, resurrection, judgement, and eternity. This study focuses especially on the different “locations” the Bible speaks about in relation to what happens after we die. We begin with the body: f...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 100 - 22/05/25 Led by Akin George What does the Bible actually say about life after death? In this first part of our study, we look honestly at the subject many people avoid: death. For the Christian, death is not the end, nor is it meant to be faced without hope. Scripture teaches that death entered through sin, but through Jesus Christ we hav...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 100 - 08/05/25 Led by Tim Clark To mark our 100th What the Bible Says Bible study, we did something a little different: a full WTBS Quiz Night 2026. From questions about the study itself, to surprising Bible details, to a final round of “Bible or AI?”, this was a joyful, funny, and sometimes very humbling evening together. Along the way, we loo...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 99 - 24/04/25 Led by Tim Clark Israel’s story is marked by exile, judgement, mercy, and restoration. In this WTBS study, we trace the major exiles of Israel through Scripture — from Egypt, to the wilderness, to Assyria, Babylon, and the later Roman dispersion — and explore how each one reveals both the seriousness of sin and the faithfulness of...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 98 - 10/04/25 Led by Graeme McPherson This study takes up the tabernacle as a deliberate picture of the gospel and of Jesus Christ. Right at the outset the group is careful not to run wild with symbolism, but to let Scripture itself govern the links that are made. The aim is not to invent meanings, but to see how Exodus 25–26, read in the light...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 96 - 27/02/25 Led by Martin Rogers In this second, conclusion of the study, we returned to Romans 11 and centred again on the great question: what does it mean that “all Israel will be saved”? The discussion began by reaffirming that Israel has experienced a partial hardening, not a total rejection, and that this hardening is bound up with God’...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 96 - 13/02/25 Led by Martin Rogers This first session opened with the foundational claim of Romans 11:25–29: Israel has experienced a partial hardening, but this is neither total nor final, and God’s gifts and calling are irrevocable. We began by reflecting on Jacob becoming Israel, and on the symbolism of his wrestling with God, as a possible...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 93 - 27/02/25 Led by Tim Clark This week we continued our WTBS session on “What the Bible Says About the Rejected Messiah,” returning again to the question of why many Jewish people—both in Jesus’ day and now—do not recognise Him as Messiah, even with the New Testament’s testimony and the historical claim of the resurrection. We briefly recappe...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 93 - 13/02/25 Led by Tim Clark Why was Messiah rejected—especially by the very nation to whom He first came? In Part 2 of Rejected Messiah, we follow the Bible’s own storyline: Israel’s longing for deliverance, the weight of expectation, and the shock of a suffering Redeemer. Luke 24 helps set the scene—“we were hoping…”—and shows how even sinc...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 93 - 16/01/25 Led by Tim Clark This opening session launches a new “Israel-focused” series by framing the question: if Jesus came first to “the lost sheep of the house of Israel,” why has Israel, in large measure, rejected Him? The group begins with a short evangelistic video showing Jewish witnesses using the Tanakh to point fellow Jews to Mes...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 92 - 19/12/25 Led by Tim Clark Jesus presents Himself as the Amen, the faithful and true witness, confronting a church governed by human opinion with His absolute authority and final word. Laodicea was materially rich but spiritually bankrupt, mistaking prosperity and comfort for true blessing while being blind to its real condition before God....

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 91 - 05/12/25 Led by Graeme McPherson Christ reveals Himself to Philadelphia as holy and true, assuring a persecuted church that He is faithful, unlike the earthly authorities who had betrayed them. Jesus alone holds the key of David, meaning entrance into God’s kingdom is determined by Him, not by synagogue membership, heritage, or religious p...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 90 - 21/11/25 Led by Graeme McPherson Tonight, we continue with our study of the seven churches of Revelation - The church of Sardis. In this study, we explore Jesus’ message to the church in Sardis, a fellowship that carried the reputation of being alive yet was declared spiritually dead, revealing the danger of outward success without inward...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 89 - 07/11/25 Led by Martin Rogers Tonight, we continue with our study of the seven churches of Revelation - The church of Thyatira. 1️⃣ The Church at Thyatira – a small town with a big message. Though it was the smallest and most obscure of the seven churches, Thyatira received the longest letter from Christ—showing that even the least signifi...

What The Bible Says. Fortnightly bible study. Episode 88 - 24/10/25 Led by Akin George Tonight, we continue with our study of the seven churches of Revelation - The church of Pergamum. Pergamum was a stronghold of idolatry and spiritual darkness, with temples to many false gods and pressure to worship Caesar; yet Christ commends believers there for holding fast His name and not denying the faith e...