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the study of the puritans is probably one of the important study in theology because it gives in-depth the importance of depending on the word of God and it also reviews an aspect of theology that i feel has been wiped out in today Christianity. studying the puritans not only gives one knowledge of how the sect of community lived, it also reviews a couture of Christianity in different ways of life style and principles. the puritans ways of life has opened my eyes in many ways especiallly concerning God has a suprem artholity over all and has also taught me the importance of biblical morality which i believe has also been lost in the last decades. even though some christians in today’s couture totaly put their depence on the word of God but when looking at the puritans i see a more ephase on the value of the word of GOD. The puritans valued the word of God so much that it become their life style and it become their guide and ruller. The study of the puritans not only teaches a strict in moral purity it also outlines the major tenets of puritanism concerning their beliefs and ways of worship and personal relationship with God and each other. for exampie for one to become a member of a puritan church that person had to first of all be living a godly life and have a clear understading of main tenets of their faith and also be abie to demostrate their experiace of God’s work in their life and  true evidence of god’s grace in their souls. another asopect is the older of the church which also included women been dimonished to speak in the church. the puritans highly emphasized on the fight agasnt indweling sin and their focuss was to live a life that is according to the word of God.

the puritans deeply admired the ealry church fathers such as calvin and martin ruther chrysostom who was their favorites.. they admired them so much that they reguary quoted their works and it incouraged them to stand agaisnt other traditions and anything or any one that came agasnt their faith and belief. the puritans admired chrysostom the most because he spoke agasn’t worldly culture such as drama which at that time had just been adopted as part of english culture. the puritans rejected anything to do with the world and were discusted by any form of secular intertainment.

worship

the puritans were very strict in terms of worship infact they condemed any practice of worship which was not refressed in the bibie, they ephazised highly on preaching but no form of musical instruments were allowed during their services. the puritans followed calvins way of christianity but apoposed any angelican idea of the monarch supremacy because they believed the only head of the church is christ which took the pope and governours out of the question. they emphased highly on private bibie studies and they allowed candles and images during their worship. the puritans loved knowlege.

how does this compare to pigrims progress

the puritans were on search for heaven on earth they all life was centered on being perfect for heaven which ment they had to live a life based totaly on the word of God. this reminds me of christian in john bunna’s pigrims progress because he was also on a jurney to a city and he reased that he had to live according to the word of God in order to make it to the city. the puritans belied england was a city of distruction and that they needed to escape its way of life and rullership in older to make it to heaven, christian also had to live his old life and ruller ship. i believe that when john was writing the pigrims progress he had in mind the puritans, 

                                         lesson 1 of 13

titie :                        pilgrims progress

start date :            1/10/07

Time set  :           45 min

Audience                 bibie class for adults

topic :                      intoducing pilgrim’s progress

style of teaching:      interaction

style of delivery:     discussion centered on the author and the aims and subjection of the book.

outcome:   the teacher must be able to •provide information of the author and give a historical background of the topic to set the atmosphere

• Discuss:     about the story line and the author’s aims and how it has affected Christianity the past few years.  Give a few key questions to help students understand the topic through discussion, Motivate and encourage each student to take part • Explain:  your aims for each lesson •Resources required to be used by student •Do and don’ts • Evaluate: reason for this topic and note important dates/dead lines •I.e. if given assignment when they would submit. •What is required in the assignments 

 lesson 2  

titie:           pilgrims progress 

start date:       5/10/07  

set time:      45min 

Audience:    bible class for adults

topic:   exproring the the Authors ‘s choice of character/words

style of teaching:  discussion through reading  page 8-22  style of delivery:       each student must take in turns to readlearning outcome: the teacher must explore the topic through class discussion •the discussion must focuss on:The theme •The title •The characters •The objects •The environment and atmosphere                   

lesson 3

titie:        pilgrims progress

set date:    9/10/07 

time set:     45 min

Audience:     bible class for adults topic:        the city of distructionstyle of teaching    writting  style of delivery     setting targets

learnig outcome:  the teacher must Set targets for the class

The teacher must explain each target set

•: Set assignments

•Give deadlines/important date

•Evaluate : the teacher must evaluate using past classes. this would help the teacher to see what arier of the topic so far the class need more time on.

  lesson 4

titie :        pilgrim’s progress

set date:    15/10/07

time set:     45 min

Audience:        bible class for adults

topic        pratical theory

style of delivery  through theoritical/drama

learning outcome     stuedents need to work in groups and be abie to deliver a morden vesion of pigrims progress using the story of the book

objects needed    costumes/

 setting targets      they have exactly two weeks to work toghether in their spare time and be able to deliver a perfomerce by the end of the cource

lessons 5

titie   pilgrims progress

start date 20/10/07

set time  45 min

audience   sunday school adults

topic        elaboration

style of teaching   one on one discution •Elaboration: in this section students are given an opportunity to give their own views of the topic. the teacher must Inspire the students to be more open when giving their views. Comparisons: how does their views relate to the story •Observation: How have they understood the topic

• Evaluate: give feedback of their views and questions

lesson 6

titie pigrims progress

start date

set time   45 min

audience    sunday school adult class

topic:   main evaluation

 style of teaching: discuss through groups

lerning outcome: this section is to make the stuedents to be more interactive with one another the teacher must get them to share views through interaction. encourage each group to evaluate over all through what they have learned

•Set key questions

•Set assignment for each group to present to the all class

lesson 7 titie  pigrims progressstart date

set time 45 min

audience    sunday school class for adults

topic writting exercise

style of teaching    speaking 

lerning outcome:   Each student must imagine to be Christian and must choose to write a his experiences in form of:

•Poem

•psalm

•Short diary

•Letter

•Video/film/drama

set targets:  the writting exercise must involve a piece of writting from pigrims progress

the purpose:  to bring christians character to life and also be abie to relate through comparison on how as a christian each stuedent can relate to christian in todays trails and tribulations through their own personal life.

set date to hand in work : next week

lesson 8

titie  pilgrims progress

set time 45 mins

audience     sunday school class for adults

topic        answering quesstions

style of teaching   interaction

 learning outcome: this section is given to help us understand how a Christian can stay on the right course of life though the following

•Word of God

•Prayer

•Faith

•Fasting

the teacher must set key questions relating to this four topics above

lesson 9

titie

set time

audience

topic

stye of teaching  -  

my brother my sister

open up open up

listten to his voice like music

be ready to dance? n take a chance

for faith is the drum of life

my brother my sister, can you not hear the sound

open up open up

let your eyes behold beyond your natural sight

let your fresh melt come give your heart

and test the sweet test of love

beyond your natural touch

his hands are open wide

ready for reach

open up open up

the door that you have shut

open up open up

let him in

and you will have it al

your disires and more

open up open up

his light will shine and give you buety

my brother my sister 

open up open up

his longing his for your soul. 

this particular chapter focusses on the faith that we have obtained through christ jesus, and it centers on the redeption christ and forgiveness of our sin through  faith in the attonment of his blood. it also explains the important of faith and how we are justified and made right with God.

21 “but now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revied, being witnessed by the law of the prophets” -paul gives an intoduction of righteousness through faith, by reaveling the powerful revelation which has been witnesed by the law and the prophets. 22 “This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference,”-hire paul not only give another revelation to romans by telling them that all who b e live through faith in jesus christ are one and their is no difference weather they are jews, gentile or greek. i believe this statement was written in older for every one to know that in christ we are equal.

 23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” – this scriputure to me is very powerful because it distroys all religious systeam that are trying to earn their way to god through ritual or another and it puts to shame anyone who believe they can get to heaven just by being nice or keeping some ritual i.e the law. because it states that we are all sinners and we need to get right with God. I believe this was paul’s aim to remind the jews and also reveal to the romas that no one in the world is perfect.

 24 “and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”- justification is given free by the grace of God through jesus christ death and reselection. it is only through his redeption we are made right with god.

 25 “God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished”- hire paul expiains the reason  chrst was given as a sacrifise, all have sined and every sin needs a blood atonment so God gave christ’s blood as attonment for sin once and for all. which means man no longer have to give another sacrificial attonment but must believe through faith in the blood of jesus and reselection of jesus.  

26  “he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.” the reason christ was given was demostrate the justice of God and also to reveal his son as the one who justifies. 

 27  “Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of observing the law? No, but on that of faith.” this particular verse i believe is aimed at the jews who bost in his law as their justification before God, God was putting an end to their boasting because they boasted about the law but did not keep it why because no one can ever live according to the law of moses this is why christ was given in love mearcy and compassionate. 

28 “For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law.” -the law is still of use but only through the grace of God through faith in christ jesus, christ told us he did not come to stop the law but to fulfil what was written in the law. so we don’t ignore the law but we keep it through faith in jesus christ our mediator. 

29 “Is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,” God is the God of all no matter what colour tribe and origin. this is also a revelation given to ecourage the gentiles in their faith that God loves them as much as he loves the jews.

30 “since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.” -their is only one God and it is the God who will justfy the all world who believe in him through christ jesus by faith. 

31 “Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.” i love this verse because it expresses with an incredabie passion that as christians we need to uphold the law by faith and not distroy it.

conclution

paul cleary states that to look for righteousness through the law is pointless because man can never live according to the law because he will always fall. he argues planly on our guilty for sin and why the law can never justfy us because it points out our wrong but on the other hand faith brings us closer to God through the righteouness of christ. in relation to my life this scriptures simply tells me that i have to live by faith.