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www.kenyanexams.com TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................................. INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ........................................ 1 Meaning of Christian Religious Education .......................................................... 1 THE BIBLE ................................................................................................................ 5 What is the Bible? ............................................................................................... 5 The Bible as a library ........................................................................................... 6 Human Authors ............................................................................................... 6 MAJOR DIVISIONS OF THE BIBLE ......................................................................... 7 DIVISIONS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT ................................................................... 8 (i) Law books ................................................................................................... 8 (ii) Historical Books ......................................................................................... 8 (iii) Poetic books .............................................................................................. 9 (iv) Prophetic books ....................................................................................... 9 Note: The following are the books of the Bible referred to as the writings; ....... 9 DIVISIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT ............................................................... 10 (i) Biographical Books .................................................................................... 10 (ii) Historical Books ....................................................................................... 10 (iii)Pauline Epistles ........................................................................................ 10 (iv) General Epistles ...................................................................................... 11 (v) Prophetic books ....................................................................................... 11 TRANSLATIONS OF THE BIBLE FROM ORIGINAL LANGUAGES TO THE PRESENT LOCAL LANGUAGES ............................................................................................... 11 Versions of the Bible used in Kenya Today ........................................................ 12 The effects of the translation of the Bible into African languages ................... 12 Areas/ places where the bible is used in Kenya today ...................................... 13 Ways in which Christians use the bible to spread the gospel ........................... 14 Reasons why Christians use the bible in worship .............................................. 14 CREATION AND THE FALL OF HUMAN KIND ......................................................... 27 First Account of creation ................................................................................... 27 i www.kenyanexams.com The meaning of Biblical Accounts of creation ............................................... 28 Comparison betwee the two accounts of creation ....................................... 29 Responsibilities given to human beings at creation .......................................... 31 Relationship between human beings and the environment from the creation stories ................................................................................................................ 31 The teachings about human beings from the Biblical creation accounts ..... 32 Teachings about marriage from the biblical stories of creation,....................... 32 Ways in which Christians continue with god’s work of creation ....................... 33 Reasons as to why man is considered the most special creation of God .......... 33 TRADITIONAL AFRICAN VIEW OF CREATION ..................................................... 34 Common ideas in Traditional African views of creation ................................ 34 Similarities between the traditional African myths and the Biblical accounts of creation ..................................................................................................... 34 Differences between the traditional African myths of origin and the Biblical creation stories/African myths ...................................................................... 35 Teachings from the Biblical creation Accounts ............................................. 36 THE ORIGIN OF SIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES ....................................................... 37 Causes of sin ...................................................................................................... 37 The consequences of sin .................................................................................... 37 GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION OF MANKIND ............................................................ 39 TRADITIONAL AFRICAN CONCEPT OF EVIL ........................................................ 39 Similarities and differences between traditional African view of evil and biblical concept of sin .................................................................................... 40 Ways of dealing with evil doers in traditional African communities ................. 41 Ways in which the church today disciplines errant members ........................... 42 How the church helps to bring back members who have fallen from faith ....... 42 FAITH AND GOD’S PROMISES: ABRAHAM ............................................................. 53 Background to the call of Abraham ................................................................... 53 The call of Abraham (Gen. 12:1-9) ................................................................. 53 Lessons learnt about God from the call of Abraham ..................................... 54 Lessons Christians learn from the call of Abraham ....................................... 54 ii www.kenyanexams.com Definition of the term faith in God .................................................................... 54 Importance of Faith in Christian life today ................................................... 54 Abraham’s acts of faith in God ......................................................................... 55 How Abraham demonstrated his faith in God in the incident when he was willing to sacrifice his son ................................................................................. 55 Lessons Christians learn from the incident Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son ..................................................................................................................... 56 Ways in which Christians express their faith in God today ............................... 56 GODS PROMISES TO ABRAHAM ........................................................................ 57 Relevance of the promises to Christians today ............................................ 58 Elements of covenant ........................................................................................ 59 God’s covenant with Abraham ......................................................................... 60 Importance of the covenant ......................................................................... 61 Covenants in modern life .................................................................................. 61 Importance of covenants in modern life ........................................................... 63 JEWISH CIRCUMCISION ..................................................................................... 63 Importance of circumcision to Abraham and his descendants.................... 64 JEWISH VERSUS AFRICAN PRACTICE OF CIRCUMCISION .............................. 64 THE SINAI COVENANT: MOSES.......................................................................... 76 The call of Moses .......................................................................................... 76 Reasons why Moses was reluctant to accept God’s call ............................... 77 Attributes of God learnt during the call of Moses ........................................ 77 What Moses learnt from this incident/call about God ................................. 78 THE TEN PLAGUES ................................................................................................. 79 Attributes of God learnt from the ten plagues ............................................. 81 THE PASSOVER .................................................................................................. 82 Attributes of God shown in the Jewish Passover .......................................... 84 THE EXODUS ...................................................................................................... 84 a). Crossing the red sea. (Exodus 14:5 – 31)..................................................... 85 b). Provision of water (Exodus 15:22 – 27, 17:1 – 6) ........................................ 85 c). Provision of manna and quails (Exodus 16:1 – 35) ...................................... 86 iii www.kenyanexams.com d). Defeat of the Amalekites (exodus 17:8 – 16) ............................................... 86 Summary of the ways in which God took care of the Israelites during the Exodus ............................................................................................................ 87 Problems Moses faced as he led the Israelites during the Exodus ............... 87 Problems encountered by