You will recognize the many scriptures on which this skit is based. Suggestion: if this is done in a study group, get some good concordances. Let the students search out the scriptures used. They all relate to time.

At stage back, on risers or other levels, are three characters: TIME PAST, TIME PRESENT, TIME FUTURE. Perhaps they are similarly dressed. Downstage left are two high stools. On one is CHRISTIAN-WITH-EXCUSES, on the other NON-CHRISTIAN. At downstage right is a small lectern for the READER. Separate spotlights may focus on these three areas, or the whole may be lighted. The characters may be boys, girls, or a mixture.

TIME PRESENT: Time is.

TIME PAST: Time was.

TIME FUTURE: Time will be.

TIME PRESENT: I am Time Present.

TIME PAST: I am Time Past.

TIME FUTURE: I am Time Future.

ALL THREE:…