Index
Accuracy
signing 1
Analogy 49:11
Audience contact—See Visual contact
Audiocassettes 3:19
Bible—See Scriptures
Bible reading 47:7
Bible studies—See Witnessing
Choice of words 24; 27:13; 33:8-9; 39:1-3
similes and metaphors 45:3-11
to show conviction 32:7-9
understandable 41:7-12
Commenting at meetings 17:12-15
Contrasts 42:16
Conversational manner 14:6-8; 25:1-4; 27:12-13; 28
Conversation skills
eye contact 13:1-8
getting started 33:6; 38:10-13
pausing 5:11-19
questions 44:1-7
upbuilding 34:9-16
Conviction 32
eye contact 13:1-3
gestures 12:11-14
sense stress 6:15-17
using questions 44:17-18
volume 8:12-13
when concluding 39:4-8
Demonstrations 17:16-18; 25:1-4
Elders
accurate teaching 40:10-12
answering questions 18:4-5
encouragement 53:1-3
exhortation 52:1-2
giving counsel 34:9-11
Enunciation 2
Example, setting 32:5-6; 41:15; 52:10-11
Examples, using 23:5-6; 38:6-7; 45; 49:11-12
Experience 16:12
Extemporaneous delivery 9:14-16; 14:7-10; 25:1-4; 27
Facial expression 10:9-11; 11:10; 12; 32:8-9
Family
Bible reading 47:6-7
Feeling 10:2-4; 11; 12:9; 21:3; 52; 53:16-17
Field ministry—See Witnessing
stuttering 4:12
Foreign language
interpreter Preparing discourses P 15
witnessing 30:4
Grammar 24:25-29
Heart
effort to reach 25:1-4; 44:12-16; 50
preparing one’s own 10:2-4
Holy spirit 27:20
Humor 31:14
Hyperbole 45:12-13
Illustrations Preparing discourses P 10; 45; 46; 48:11-12; 49:11-12
Impromptu speech 27:17-21; 35:10-13
Informative 10:5-8; 23:4-6; 38:16-17; 42
Interest in others 11:5-9; 13:3-8; 23:9-12; 30; 33:5-8; 38:16-17
Interpreter Preparing discourses P 15
Interview 14:7-8
Introduction 38
field ministry 25:7-8; 30:2-4; 34:3; 38:10-13; 44:4-7
Listening 30:5-9
Logical development 26; 37:12-15
Main points 7; 19:7; 25:11-12; 37
Manuscript talk
naturalness 14:11-13
principal ideas emphasized 7
sense stress 6:10-17
use of camera 17:12-15
visual contact 13:14
Maps 47:7
Meditation 50:15-17
Meetings
participation 17:12-15
Memory
holy spirit assists 27:20
illustrations 45:1
rehearsal 16:7-9
repetition 35:1-2
visual aids 47:8
Metaphor 45:10
Modulation 9
Naturalness 12:1; 14; 25:3-4; 27:13; 28; 32:9
Negative material 34:3-5
Outline
published Preparing discourses; 28:3-4
using Preparing discourses P 1-6; 13:12; 25; 27:14-16; 51:6-7
Physical impediment 2:16
Practical application Preparing discourses P 11-12; 23; 39:1; 42:19-20
Prayer 27:20
answer 16:11
public 25:10
Preparing talks Preparing discourses
demonstrations 17:16-18; 25:3-4
making an outline 25:11-14; 27:1-4
manuscript talk 7; 13:14; 14:11-12
public discourse Preparing discourses; 47:10-15
reading assignments 4:11-12; 5:5; 7; 10:7; 14:11-13; 51
rehearsal Preparing discourses P 13-15; 16:10; 51
Service Meeting 17:17; 38:8; 43:6
Pronunciation 3
Bible names 3:15
clear 2
correct 24:10-17
speech impediment 2:14-16
Public discourse Preparing discourses; 47:12
Punctuation 5:3-6
Questions
answering 18; 27:17-19; 30:11; 40:4
asking 20:3-5; 30:6-7; 38:5; 39:13; 42:9; 44; 48:11-12; 50:6
Reading
accurate 1
preparing assignments 4:11-12; 5:5-6; 7; 10:7; 14:11-13; 51
principal ideas emphasized 7
public reading 1:17-18; 5:5-10; 7:4-5; 10:7; 13:14; 14:11-13
scriptures read with emphasis 6:18; 21
sight-reading 4:12
Reasoning manner 31:11-13; 33:5-13; 44:10-13; 48
Recordings
audiocassettes 3:19
own voice 2:15
Rehearsal
demonstrations 17:16-18
reading assignments 4:12; 14:11-13; 51
talks Preparing discourses P 15; 16:10; 51:6-7
Relaxing tense muscles 2:12-13; 29:11-13
Repetition 21:12; 35; 36:7; 37:13
Respect 13:1-2; 30:7-9; 31; 33:14-17; 34:7; 48:7
Return visits—See Witnessing
Scriptures
applying correctly 22; 34:7; 49:5-6
basis of teaching Preparing discourses P 6-8; 18; 20:8-9; 40:6-9; 49:3-6; 52:8-9
encouraging use of 19
reading with emphasis 6:18-22; 21
reasoning from 22:13-18; 42:10-18; 48:13-14
Selecting appropriate material Preparing discourses P 13; 19:7; 43
Service Meeting 17:17; 38:8; 43:6
Simile 45:3
Sound arguments 49
Stuttering 4:12
Tact 31:11-15; 33; 44:7; 45:18; 48
Talk preparation—See Preparing talks
Teaching
contrasts 42:16
elders—See Elders
exhortation 52
humor 31:14
illustrations Preparing discourses P 10; 45; 46; 48:11-12; 49:11
logical development 26; 37:12-15
practical application Preparing discourses P 8-9; 23; 39:1; 42:19-20
questions—See Questions
reaching the heart—See Heart
Scriptural basis 18; 20:6-7; 40:10-12; 49:3-6; 52:8-9
speculation and opinion Preparing discourses P 14; 22:2-3; 30:11
too much material 5:8; 26:16-19; 37:13; 41:4-5; 43; 51:6-7
use of Scriptures Preparing discourses P 9-12; 22:13-18; 42:10-18; 48:13-14
Theme 36; 38:16-19; 39:4-5; 43:2-3
Theocratic Ministry School
substitute speaker 16:12
Translator—See Interpreter
Understandable 24:4-7; 41; 42:12-18; 45:19-22; 46
Upbuilding and positive 23:6-7; 31:11-13; 34; 52:4-6
Video equipment 17
Videos 47:9
Visual aids 47
Visual contact 13; 25:17; 27:6-7
use of video equipment 17
Warmth 11; 12:15-20; 13:3, 52:4
Witnessing
Bible studies 30:12-16; 39:9-15; 41:7-14; 43:5-7; 44:12-16; 47:4-9; 50
conclusions 39:10-15
objections 25:9; 27:17-21; 32:6; 33:12; 48:9
return visits 39:10-13
starting conversations 5:16-17; 13:3; 23:9-11; 25:7-8; 30:2-4; 33:5-8; 34:3; 38:10-13; 44:4-9
to those not accepting the Bible as authoritative 18:5; 33:8-12; 48:6
Words
choosing appropriate 24; 32:6-11; 33:10-12; 38:19; 41:11-12; 45:1-13
signing clearly 2