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Theocratic Ministry School Review

The following questions will be considered orally at the Theocratic Ministry School during the week beginning April 24, 2006. The school overseer will conduct a 30-minute review based on material covered in assignments for the weeks of March 6 through April 24, 2006. [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. When teaching, why should we pause for each change of thought, but what might prevent us from doing that? [be p. 98 pars. 2-3]

2. Why is it important to pause when witnessing to others? [be p. 99 par. 5–p. 100 par. 4]

3. Why is sense stress important when giving a talk, and how can we acquire good sense stress? [be p. 101 pars. 1-5, box]

4. When reading publicly, how can we ensure that the principal ideas of our material are emphasized? [be p. 105 pars. 1-6]

5. Why is suitable volume important when teaching, and how can we determine the amount of volume to use? [be pp. 107-8]

ASSIGNMENT NO. 1

6. How is the situation of Christians today similar to that of Esther and Mordecai, and how can we imitate their example? [si p. 94 par. 17]

7. When Solomon said that “everything was vanity and a striving after wind,” what was he describing? (Eccl. 2:11) [w04 10/15 p. 4 pars. 3-4]

8. How can we cultivate love for God? (Mark 12:30) [w04 3/1 pp. 19-21]

9. What contrasts can be made between spiritual values and materialism? [w04 10/15 pp. 5-7]

10. What can help us to listen at assemblies and conventions without being distracted? [be pp. 15-16]

WEEKLY BIBLE READING

11. Why was Haman’s face covered? (Esther 7:8)

12. What kind of spirit creature influenced the thinking of Eliphaz? (Job 4:15, 16) [w05 9/15 p. 26 par. 2]

13. Do Job’s statements recorded at Job 7:9, 10 and Job 10:21 indicate that he did not believe in a resurrection?

14. What may Job have meant by the expression “I escape with the skin of my teeth”? (Job 19:20)

15. What did Job mean when saying, “I shall not take away my integrity from myself,” and what can we learn from this? (Job 27:5)