Theocratic Ministry School Review
The following questions will be considered at the Theocratic Ministry School during the week beginning February 25, 2008. The school overseer will conduct a 30-minute review based on material covered in assignments for the weeks of January 7 through February 25, 2008. [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. What do we need to do in order to help our audience grasp the meaning of scriptures, and why should this be done? [be p. 228 pars. 2-3]
2. Why is it important that we make our presentations informative to our audience, and how can we accomplish this? [be p. 230 pars. 3-5, box]
3. In what ways can research make our talks more informative? [be p. 231 pars. 1-3]
4. What can we do to make our handling of familiar scriptures more informative? [be p. 231 pars. 4-5]
5. Why is it important to reason on the texts we read? [be p. 232 pars. 3-4]
ASSIGNMENT NO. 1
6. What indicates that the book of Matthew was written primarily with a Jewish audience in mind? [si p. 176 pars. 6-7]
7. How can we prepare our hearts to receive divine instruction from the platform? (2 Chron. 20:33) [be p. 13 par. 4–p. 14 par. 5]
8. What can parents do to train their children to become “wise for salvation”? (2 Tim. 3:15) [be p. 16 pars. 3-4]
9. How does Matthew’s Gospel highlight the fulfillment of Bible prophecy? [si p. 181 par. 32]
10. Whereas Matthew’s Gospel portrays Jesus as the promised Messiah and King, how does Mark’s Gospel describe him? [si p. 182 pars. 7-8]
WEEKLY BIBLE READING
11. Is giving vent to anger more serious than harboring it? (Matt. 5:21, 22) [w08 1/15 “Jehovah’s Word Is Alive—Highlights From the Book of Matthew”]
12. How do Christians keep a ‘simple eye’? (Matt. 6:22, 23) [w06 10/1 p. 29]
13. What point was Jesus making when he asked his disciples: “Did you get the sense of all these things?” (Matt. 13:51, 52) [w08 1/15 “Jehovah’s Word Is Alive—Highlights From the Book of Matthew”]
14. Why did Jesus usually command those he healed “not to make him manifest”? (Matt. 12:16) [w87 5/15 p. 9; cl pp. 93-4]
15. What was Jesus’ point regarding “the measure” with which one ‘measures out’? (Mark 4:24, 25) [w80 6/15 p. 12; gt chap. 43]