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CRE Notes - Christian Religious Education Revision Click Here - Free KCSE Past Papers » KNEC Past Exams » Free Downloads » KCSE Papers & Marking Schemes CRE Notes Form 1 - CRE Form 2 Notes - CRE Form 3 Notes - CRE Form 4 Notes C.R.E Revision Notes FORM 1 Course Outline 1. Introduction To Christian religious education Definition of Christian Religious Education Reasons for studying Christian Religious Education. 2. The Bible The Bible as the word of God (Genesis 1:1-2; 2 Timothy 3:16; revelation Human authors (2 Peter 1:20-21) Major divisions of the Bible; The Bible as a library of books: Translation of the Bible from the original languages (Hebrew and Greek) to the present local languages; Versions of the Bible used in Kenya today; Effects of the translation of the Bible into African languages. 3. Creation and the fall of man The biblical accounts of creation and their meaning; Attributes of God from the biblical creation accounts; Traditional African views of creation; Teaching from the biblical accounts of creation; The biblical teaching on the origin of sin and its consequences (Genesis chapters 3, 4 and 11); Traditional African concept of evil; God's plan of salvation (Genesis 3:15); Similarities and differences between the traditional African concept of evil and the biblical concept of sin. 4. Faith And God's Promises: Abraham Background to the call of Abraham (Genesis 11:24-32, 12:1-9); Definition of the term faith in God (Genesis 11:1-6); Abraham's act of faith in God (Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6, 1723-24, 21:1-7, 22:1-19); The importance of faith in Christian life today; God's promises to Abraham and their relevance to Christians today (Genesis 12:2-3,15:1-21,21:17, 17:15-18); Meaning of the term Covenant; God's covenant with Abraham and its importance (Genesis 15:1-19); Covenants in modern life and their importance; Circumcision The importance of circumcision to Abraham and his descendants (Genesis 17 :1-16); Compare the Jewish and African practices of circumcision; 5. The Sinai Covenant: Moses The call of Moses (Exodus 3:1-22); The ten plagues (Exodus 7:14, 11:1-10); The Passover (Exodus 12:1-31); The Exodus The crossing of the Red Sea (exodus 14:5-31); Provision of water (Exodus 15122-29, 17:1-6); Provision of Manna and quails (Exodus 16:1-35); Defeat of the Amalekites (Exodus 17:8-16); The making of the Sinai Covenant (Exodus 19, 24:1-8) The breaking of the Sinai covenant (Exodus 3211-35); The renewal of the Sinai covenant (Exodus 34:1-35); The worship of God by the Israelites in the wilderness; The Ten commandments (Exodus 20:1-17); The Israelites new understanding of the nature of God. 6. Leadership in Israel: David and Solomon Reasons for kingship in Israel (1 Samuel 8:1-9); Reasons against kingship in Israel (1 Samuel 8:10-20); King Saul's failures (1 Samuel 13:8-14, 15:7-25); Lessons learnt from king Saul's failures; King David's importance David's achievements as king of Israel (1 Samuel 16:1-23, 2 Samuel 6:1-15); David as an ancestor of Jesus Christ (2 Samuel 7:1-29, Luke 1:26-33); Qualities of a good leader as drawn from king David's leadership; King Solomon's achievements and failures (1 Kings chapters 3-12);