We're taking advantage of our three-week study of Philemon to add to the tools in our Bible study toolkit. We're going to be using a variation of the inductive study method (so-called) presented by Peter Krol in his book, "Knowable Word". The method is straightforward in its approach and very accessible to anyone wanting to learn to study on their own.
The acronym, OIA, stands for three steps in your study:
Observation - what does it say?
Interpretation - what does it mean?
Application - how should I change?
These could also be defined as "what", "why", and "so what"; or as "what the original author said", "what that meant to the original audience", and "what it means in our context".
While I generally organize my study a little differently than Peter Krol has presented it, I think we'll benefit from trying this out.
You can purchase the book, but Peter has kindly provide a summary guide that you can use as a reference. We handed out a few in class today, but you can print it from here.
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