I. Explain what caused Paul to write the letter to the Galatians and outline the main points that he made in his argument with them.

2. Discuss how Paul's teaching on what makes a person a Christian, is relevant to our modern situation.

3. Show ways in which Paul's teaching on the freedom of the person who is 'in Christ' is relevant to modern Christians.

4. Explain the following quotations in their context, and then show their relevance to Christian belief and practice in East Africa today: 'If you allow yourselves to be circumcised, it means that Christ is of no use to you at all' (Galatians 5 :2).

'Let the Spirit direct your lives, and you will not satisfy the desires of the human nature' (Galatians 5: 16).

'I have been put to death with Christ on his cross' (Galatians 2:19).

5. From what Paul himself says in the letter to the Galatians, explain how he understood his conversion experience and its consequences.

6. What arguments did Paul present in defiance of his authority as an apostle, in the letter to the Galatians, and why was he forced to defend himself like that?

7. With reference to any church you know, discuss what behaviour is considered proper and improper for a member of that church.

8. Give examples of how Paul uses the Jewish Scriptures in the letter to the Galatians; then explain why he speaks of the curse of the Law.

9. Discuss any problem which you know about which has arisen over tension between the old and the new in a church.

10. What advice might be given to an African community who are making great efforts to raise a very large sum of money so that they might build a great stone church building, modeled on a western style cathedral? Refer, in your answer, to teaching from the letter to the Galatians.

11. If you can obtain any information about Mother Teresa of Calcutta describe how her work reflects Paul's teaching in Galatians 5 :22-24. . Is there anyone else whom you know whose life and work reflect the same qualities?