Theocratic Ministry School Review

The following questions will be considered at the Theocratic Ministry School during the week beginning April 26, 2010. The school overseer will conduct a 20-minute review based on material covered in assignments for the weeks of March 1 through April 26, 2010.

1. What did Naomi mean by the expression “it is Jehovah that has humiliated me and the Almighty that has caused me calamity”? (Ruth 1:21) [w05 3/1 p. 27 par. 1]

2. What qualities made Ruth “an excellent woman”? (Ruth 3:11) [w05 3/1 p. 28 par. 6]

3. How did Elkanah’s words “am I not better to you than ten sons” strengthen his wife? (1 Sam. 1:8) [w90 3/15 p. 27 pars. 5-6]

4. What made Israel’s request for a king improper? (1 Sam. 8:5) [w05 9/15 p. 20 par. 17; it-2 p. 163 par. 1]

5. How did Samuel, having “grown old and gray,” prove himself exemplary in praying in behalf of others, and what does this highlight? (1 Sam. 12:2, 23) [w07 6/1 p. 29 pars. 14-15]

6. Why did Saul show the Kenites special consideration? (1 Sam. 15:6) [w05 3/15 p. 22 par. 10]

7. What prompted Saul’s question to David, “Whose son are you, boy?” (1 Sam. 17:58) [w07 8/1 p. 31 pars. 3, 5]

8. What can we learn from David’s handling of a serious problem in Gath? (1 Sam. 21:12, 13) [w05 3/15 p. 24 par. 4]

9. How were Jonathan’s love and humility manifested when it was necessary to support and encourage his friend David? (1 Sam. 23:17) [lv p. 28 par. 10, ftn.]

10. What lesson do we learn from Saul’s encounter with the witch of En-dor? (1 Sam. 28:8-19) [w05 3/15 p. 24 par. 7]