WASSCE SHS
Christian living is the teaching put into action. An answer needs the teaching and an example of what a person does.
The paper does not stop at stories. It asks how Christians are to live. The teaching of Jesus is the start: love God, love your neighbour, forgive, tell the truth, and care for people in need. The letters then show churches trying to do that. Paul writes to particular churches about unity, about how members treat one another, and about money and sex and speech. James says faith that never acts is dead. You can use that sentence as a structure: state the belief, then the action that shows it.
A slogan is not an example. "Christians should be good" does not say what good looks like in the situation the question gave. If the question is about honesty, the example is speech or trade or witness, not a different virtue. If it is about the poor, the example is sharing food, money or dignity, and the teaching is love of neighbour or the prophets' demand for justice. Forgiveness is not pretending a wrong did not happen. It is refusing to repay the wrong in kind, which is what Jesus teaches. An answer can disagree with a practice only by using the teaching, not by insulting a group.
The Christian Religious Studies tips guide sets out the papers, how to answer a theme, and the mistakes that cost marks. WASSCE Christian Religious Studies tips
Teaching and action are a pair. A Bible name with no action, or a kind act with no teaching, is half the answer when the question asked for both. Two examples that are really one, such as "be good" and "be nice", earn one mark at most. Use the situation in the question. Do not preach a different topic because you revised it more recently. Forgiveness, honesty and care for the poor are different demands. Say which one was asked.
These are practice questions in the style of the paper, with a model answer and a mark scheme. They are not a promise of what your paper will ask.
3 marks
(a) State two Christian duties towards people in need. (2 marks)
(b) Name one teaching those duties come from. (1 mark)
(a) Share what you have, and treat the person with respect.
(b) The teaching of Jesus to love your neighbour.
3 marks
Explain what James means by saying that faith without action is dead. (3 marks)
A belief that never changes what a person does is empty. James wants the faith to be visible in care for other people. The action does not replace the faith. It shows the faith is alive.
2 marks
A question asks how a Christian should respond when wronged. State the teaching, and one action that fits it. (2 marks)
Jesus teaches forgiveness. The action is to refuse revenge, and to seek peace rather than to repay the wrong in kind.
More questions on this topic are inside glearn, marked as you answer, with the reason written out. The first ones need no account.
Practise Christian Religious Studies freeNo. Name the teaching, such as love of neighbour or forgiveness, and give the action in the situation the question described. A slogan with no example is not the explanation mark.
It does not mean pretending a wrong did not happen. It means refusing to repay the wrong in kind. That is the teaching of Jesus. Pair it with an action if the question asks what a person should do. All WASSCE Christian Religious Studies past questions