CRE (Christian Religious Education) Form 1 Notes (10)

This category contains CRE form 1 notes as aggregated from the various high school approved text books, including KLB, Living the promise etc. It covers the entire CRE form 1 syllabus, for the preparation of national and local exams. 

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The notes cover the following areas: (click the blue links to open)

1. Meaning of Christian Religious Education
   
   • Definition of Christian Religious Education
   • Reasons for studying Christian Religious Education
2. The Bible
   • The Bible as the word of God (Hebrews 1:1-2; 2 Timothy 3:16; Revelations 22:18)
   • Human authors (2 Peter 1:20-21)
   • Major divisions of the Bible
   • The Bible as a library
   • The translations of the Bible from the original languages (Hebrew, Greek) to the present local languages
   • Versions of the Bible used in Kenya today
   • The 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 (Genesis 1 and 2)
   • Attributes of God from the biblical creation accounts (Genesis 1 and 2)
   • Traditional African view of creation
   • Teaching from the biblical accounts of creation (Genesis I and 2)
   • The biblical teaching on the origin of sin and its consequences (Gen. 3; 4; 6-9; 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 (Hebrews 11:1-6)
   • Abraham’s acts of faith in God (Genesis 12:1-9; 15:1-6. 17:23-24; 21:l-7; 22:1-19)
   • God’s promises to Abraham and their relevance to Christians today (Genesis 12:2-3; 15:1—21; 21:17:1. 8; 17:15-18)
   • Meaning of the term covenant
   • God’s covenant with Abraham and its importance (Genesis I 5: 1-19)
   • Covenants in modern life and their importance
   • Circumcision
5. 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 Sinai Covenant
   • The worship of God by the Israelites in the wilderness
   • The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17)
   • Israelites new understanding of the nature of God
6. Leadership in Israel: David And Solomon
   • Reasons for kingship in Israel (l Samuel 8:1-9)
   • Reasons against kingship in Israel (1 Samuel 8:10-20)
   • King Saul’s failures (I Samuel 13:8-14; 15:7-25)
   • Lessons learnt from king Saul’s failures
   • King David’s importance
   • Qualities of a good leader drawn from King David’s leadership
   • King Solomon’s achievements and failures (I Kings 3-12)
   • Importance of the temple in Israel
7. Loyalty to God: Elijah
   • The spread of idolatry
   • The effects of idolatry in Israel
   • Elijah’s fight against
   • Life skills that help fight corruption
   • Reasons why Elijah faced danger and hostility as a prophet of God. (I Kings 1H 19: 21)
   • The relevance of Elijah’s prophetic mission to Christians today
8. Selected Aspects In African Religious Heritage: African Concept of God, Spirits And Ancestors
   • African concept of God, spirits and ancestors
   • African understanding of the hierarchy of beings
   • The role of God, spirits and ancestors
   • Responsibility of the living towards God, spirits and ancestors
   • Traditional African ways of
9. African Moral and Cultural Values
   • Meaning of life and its wholeness in the traditional African society
   • The African concept of community and kinship system
   • Factors contributing to harmony and mutual responsibility in the African communities
   • Rites of passage
   • The role of religious specialists in the African communities and their relevance today
   • African moral values
   • Continuity and change in the African understanding of