CRE (Christian Religious Education) Form 1 Notes
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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)
- Meaning of Christian Religious Education
- Definition of Christian Religious Education
- Reasons for studying Christian Religious Education
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
