How To Study A Book of the Bible

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>How To Study A Book of the Bible</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id270.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Understanding Prophecy"><U><B><IMG SRC="007151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id269.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How To Deal With Difficult Passages"><U><B><IMG SRC="008151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="13"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> Previous/Next Sermon</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="www.stanbaker.org"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biblical and Theological Studies"><U><B>Biblical and Theological Studies</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Church Ministry"><U><B>Church Ministry</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sermon Notes"><U>Sermon Notes</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><B>Links</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Personal"><U><B>Personal</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> www.stanbaker.org</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:stan@stanbaker.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:stan@stanbaker.org"><U>stan@stanbaker.org</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>How to Study a Book of the Bible: Philemon</B></div> <div> <B>How to Understand the Bible, Part 8</B></div> <div> <B>Berean Bible Church, March 3, 2002pm</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>An Overview of the Process</B></div> <div> (Thanks to Rick Warren, Dynamic Bible Study Methods)</div> <div> A. Read the book – repeatedly.</div> <div> B. Take notes on what you are reading (observation).</div> <div> C. Study the background of the book.</div> <div> D. Create a chart of the big picture of the book.</div> <div> E. Develop a more detailed outline of the book’s contents.</div> <div> F. State the main theme of the book.</div> <div> G. Summarize your observations, interpretation, and applications.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Practicing the Process: Philemon</B></div> <div> A. Observe the divisions and general movement in the book.</div> <div> B. Identify the characters and their relationship to each other.</div> <div> C. What is the historical situation?</div> <div> D. What does the text tell us?</div> <div> E. What questions would you ask to look up elsewhere?</div> <div> F. What is the point of the first section?</div> <div> G. Describe Paul’s wishes for Philemon in this section.</div> <div> H. Practicing the Process: Philemon</div> <div> I. What is the point of the second major section?</div> <div> J. Are there sub-sections?  If so, what points do they make?</div> <div> K. What does Paul request of Philemon?</div> <div> L. On what bases does Paul make the request?</div> <div> M. Practicing the Process: Philemon</div> <div> N. What is the point of the third major section?</div> <div> O. What is the main theme or point of the book?</div> <div> P. How does this book or its parts apply today (why was it kept by the church)?</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> copyright, 2002, Stanley Baker</div> <div> www.stanbaker.org</div> </td> </tr></table></body>