Theocratic Ministry School Review

The following questions will be considered orally at the Theocratic Ministry School during the week beginning October 25, 2004. The school overseer will conduct a 30-minute review based on material covered in assignments for the weeks of September 6 through October 25, 2004. [Note: Where there are no references after the question, you will need to do your own research to find the answers.​—See Ministry School, pp. 36-7.]

SPEECH QUALITIES

1. How can we keep the tone positive when giving a talk about some aspect of our Christian activity? [be p. 203 pars. 3-4]

2. What is repetition, and why is it important? [be p. 206 pars. 1-4]

3. How can we emphasize the theme of our talks? [be p. 210 pars. 1-5, box]

4. How can we determine the main points in a talk that we are assigned to give? [be p. 212 pars. 1-4]

5. Why should we be careful not to have too many main points? [be p. 213 pars. 2-4]

ASSIGNMENT NO. 1

6. What developments before the Flood might have made it difficult for people to believe that everything around them was going to end? [w02 3/1 pp. 5-6]

7. Why is it noteworthy that Jesus’ contemporaries addressed him as “Teacher” and not “Healer”? (Luke 3:12; 7:40) [w02 5/1 p. 4 par. 3; p. 6 par. 6]

8. How does Proverbs 11:24, 25 highlight the value of having a full share in the field ministry? [w02 7/15 p. 30 pars. 2-4]

9. What moral issue was raised by the rebellion in Eden, and what have been the results of that rebellion? (Gen. 3:1-6) [w02 10/1 p. 5 par. 6; p. 6 pars. 2-3]

10. How is the date for the restoration of true worship in Jerusalem determined? [si p. 285 par. 5]

WEEKLY BIBLE READING

11. Since Jehovah told Balaam to go with Balak’s men, why was He angry when Balaam went with them? (Num. 22:20-22)

12. Can a Christian woman’s husband set aside her vows? (Num. 30:6-8)

13. What do the “cities of refuge” represent today? (Num. 35:6) [w95 11/15 p. 17 par. 8]

14. Is the command at Deuteronomy 6:6-9 to ‘tie God’s law upon the hand and upon the head as a frontlet band’ to be understood literally?

15. Does the expression “your mantle did not wear out” mean only that the clothing supply of the Israelites was replenished? (Deut. 8:4)