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    Theocratic Ministry School Review

    The following questions will be considered orally at the Theocratic Ministry School during the week beginning August 30, 2004. The school overseer will conduct a 30-minute review based on material covered in assignments for the weeks of July 5 through August 30, 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 explain the reason for our hope “with a mild temper and deep respect”? (1 Pet. 3:15) [be p. 192 pars. 2-4]

    2. Why is it important to speak with conviction? (Rom. 8:38, 39; 1 Thess. 1:5; 1 Pet. 5:12) [be p. 194]

    3. How is conviction manifested? [be p. 195 par. 3–p. 196 par. 4]

    4. What is tact, why is it important, and how can we balance this quality with firmness? (Rom. 12:18) [be p. 197]

    5. Before speaking, what will a tactful person consider? (Prov. 25:11; John 16:12) [be p. 199]

    ASSIGNMENT NO. 1

    6. How might our conversations and Bible study habits indicate the extent to which we have made progress in the truth? [be p. 74 par. 3–p. 75 par. 2]

    7. What is meant by “buying out the opportune time for yourselves,” and how can we do that? (Eph. 5:16) [w02 11/15 p. 23]

    8. How do the Scriptures make it plain that all humans are equal before God, and how should this affect our ministry? [w02 1/1 pp. 5, 7]

    9. What is the significance of the Creator’s unique name, Jehovah? [w02 1/15 p. 5]

    10. What made Abel’s sacrifice “of greater worth” than Cain’s, and what lesson can we draw from this regarding our “sacrifice of praise”? (Heb. 11:4; 13:15) [w02 1/15 p. 21 pars. 6-8]

    WEEKLY BIBLE READING

    11. How can Leviticus 18:3 help us to avoid acquiring a twisted sense of right and wrong? (Eph. 4:17-19) [w02 2/1 p. 29]

    12. What was prophetically depicted by the “two loaves” that were presented by the high priest as “a wave offering” during the Festival of Weeks (Pentecost)? (Lev. 23:15-17) [w98 3/1 p. 13 par. 21]

    13. In a case of adultery such as that noted in Numbers chapter 5, in what sense would a guilty woman’s ‘thigh fall away’? (Num. 5:27) [w84 4/15 p. 29]

    14. Why did Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses because of his Cushite wife? (Num. 12:1)

    15. What was “the book of the Wars of Jehovah”? (Num. 21:14)