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Theocratic Ministry School Review
The following questions will be considered orally at the Theocratic Ministry School during the week beginning June 30, 2008. The school overseer will conduct a 30-minute review based on material covered in assignments for the weeks of May 5 through June 30, 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.]
1. What can we do to ensure that the illustrations we use are understood? [be p. 242 par. 3–p. 243 par. 1]
2. Why are uncomplicated illustrations that are drawn from familiar situations effective? [be p. 245 pars. 2-4]
3. How important is effective use of visual aids, and how did Jehovah use them to teach vital lessons? (Gen. 15:5; Jer. 18:6; Jonah 4:10, 11) [be p. 247 pars. 1-2]
4. How might we employ visual aids to enhance our teaching? [be p. 248 pars. 1-3]
5. How can we use maps as effective visual aids when teaching Bible students? [be p. 248 par. 4]
6. With the aid of God’s holy spirit, what will a study of the Bible help us to discern? [be p. 32 pars. 3-4]
7. How might we use the Bible itself to research the meaning of a scripture? [be p. 34 par. 4–p. 35 par. 2]
8. How is Jesus’ role as Jehovah’s channel of blessings to mankind stressed in John’s Gospel? [si p. 198 par. 32]
9. What is the Scriptural basis for crediting the physician Luke with writing the book of Acts? [si p. 199 par. 3; p. 200 pars. 5-7]
10. In general, how might one proceed when making up an outline for a talk? [be pp. 39-41]
11. Which temple “was built in forty-six years”? (John 2:20) [w08 4/15 “Jehovah’s Word Is Alive—Highlights From the Book of John”]
12. Who are those ‘passing over from death to life’? (John 5:24, 25) [w08 4/15 “Jehovah’s Word Is Alive—Highlights From the Book of John”]
13. When referring to the helper, or the spirit of the truth, why is the pronoun “it” used at John 14:16, 17, whereas “him” and “he” are used at John 16:7, 8, 13, 14? [w08 4/15 “Jehovah’s Word Is Alive—Highlights From the Book of John”]
14. Why did Jesus tell Mary Magdalene to stop clinging to him? (John 20:17) [w08 4/15 “Jehovah’s Word Is Alive—Highlights From the Book of John”]
15. What is the meaning of Jesus’ coming “in the same manner” as he ascended to heaven? (Acts 1:9-11) [rs p. 342 par. 4; it-1 p. 186 par. 8]
