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Catechetical Training Questions for Cross-cultural Use

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Catechetical Training Questions for Cross-cultural Use

A series of questions reflecting basic systematic theological categories for training of new believers in a cross-cultural setting.

 

Doctrine of Scripture

1.        What is the Bible?

a.       God’s Word

2.       How much of the Bible is God’s Word?

a.       All of it.

 

Doctrine of the Trinity

3.       How many gods are there?

a.       Only one

4.      What is God in Himself?

a.       God is a Trinity.

5.       Who is God?

a.       The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

6.      Are the Father, Son and Holy Spirit the same person?

a.       No, they are three persons, but one God.

 

Attributes of God

7.       Can we know God?

a.       Yes, because Jesus Christ has made God known to us

8.      How can we know God?

a.       Through faith in Jesus Christ.

9.      What are two of the best things we can do to know God more?

a.       Prayer and Bible Study

 

 

Christology

10.    Who is Jesus?

a.       The one and only Son of God, the Savior and Lord of the whole world

11.     What did Jesus do for you?

a.       He died on the cross to take away my sin.

12.    How can you live forever with Jesus Christ in Heaven?

a.       We must trust in Jesus and ask Him to save us.

 

 

Doctrine of Creation

13.    Where did the world we live in come from?

a.       In the beginning, God created the whole universe.

14.    When was God created?

a.       God has always existed.  He has no beginning or end.

15.    What is the Creator doing now?

a.       God rules over the universe as Lord of Lords and King of Kings.  God is in control of all things.

16.    How are human beings like God and different than everything else in creation?

b.      We were made in the image of God.

 

3 comments (Add your own)

1. wrote:
Hi Cody...thanks for posting this site link...it gave me a much better perspective TIBM...and what it's all about...

September 30, 2008 @ 8:24 AM

2. Cody again wrote:
Currently, I’m using this catechism on Wednesday nights during our mid-week Karen fellowship. My main idea during that time is to teach through essential Christian doctrine. My friend, Donnie (who was one of our summer missionaries this past summer), kind of got us started. Now I’ve begun asking these catechetical questions each week at the beginning of our Bible study time to help us review. It has at least proven to be popular among the Karen believers – especially the teens. A couple weeks ago, I forgot to bring my list of questions and they were insistent that I ask them anyway.
So, I’ll be updating this as I go. Basically, each question (in some cases 2-3 questions) represent an area of doctrine I’m teaching. When I teach, I make it a point to utilize a narrative approach. That is, I may begin my preparation with a doctrine that I want to teach – for example, the “knowability” of God—and then I’ll search for Scriptural narrative that helps to communicate this. So we just finished three weeks of study related to the life of Moses in order to teach that God can be known.

October 3, 2008 @ 6:34 PM

3. Cody wrote:
Your welcome, anonymous person. I'll keep updating this catechism as I go. Right now, I'm mainly using it on Wednesday nights during our Karen midweek Bible Study. So, Pastor Soe Rah is actually translating it as I ask the questions. So it appears to be working well.

December 26, 2008 @ 1:42 PM

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