CRE3: Success Assignment

1. How has the government helped Ugandans to succeed?

2. How have Ugandan women been successful?

3. Compare the African Traditional Society and modern understanding of success.

1. What are some of the failures Ugandans towards society?

2. What reasons explain the rampant academic failures in government aided schools?

3. Why are most Christians failing to achieve their set objectives in Uganda today?

1. Why was loyalty to ancestors considered a success in African Traditional Society?

2. What were the causes of success in African Traditional Society?

3. Describe the African Traditional understanding of success.

1. Why were most early church activities successful?

1. Point out the ways how Franciscan monks failed in their efforts to do God’s work.

2. What were the failures of some Christian missionaries in Africa?

3. Why were some early church leaders unsuccessful in their work of serving God?

1. What brought success in the Old Testament?

2. in what ways was Abraham a successful man in the Old Testament?

3. What is the Old Testament teaching about Success?

1. Why is Moses considered a successful man in the Old Testament?

2. How did Moses ensure success for Old Testament Jews?

3. What role did Moses play in successful nation building of ancient Israel?

1. What does a modern Christian learn from Job’s life to achieve success?

2. How successful was Job in the Old Testament?

3. Why did God make Job successful after a period of suffering?

1. According to the beatitudes in Matthew 5, what is true Success?

2. What is the Christian teaching about Success? (What is the relevance of the Bible teaching about Success to Christians).

3. According to the New Testament, what breeds success?

1. Why do Christians consider Jesus Christ as the most successful man to ever live?

2. What should Christians who want to be successful in life learn from Jesus’ life?

3. Why would you consider Jesus Christ a successful person in the New Testament?

1. Why do most people argue that Jesus was a failure?

2. How were Jesus’ challenges supposed to enhance his success?

3. What does a Christian learn from the supposed failures of Jesus Christ?

1. How was Jesus’ teaching about success similar to that of African Traditional Society?

2. What is the similarity between the New Testament teaching about success with that of the Traditional Africans?

3. Which Traditional African teachings about success are similar to those of the New Testament?

1. What is the difference between the Christian teaching about Success and that of Africans?

2. Which elements of Christian success are viewed by African Tradition as failures?

3. What African traditional beliefs about success would Jesus oppose?

1. How has the church in Uganda been successful at helping the common man today?

2. Which successes have the church in Uganda achieved towards the championing of women and children’s rights?

3. How successful has the church in Uganda been since the 19th century?

1. Which failures are common within the Ugandan church today?

2. How have church leaders been a negative example to society?

3. How does the church in Uganda hinder society’s success??