Theocratic Ministry School Review
The following questions will be considered orally at the Theocratic Ministry School during the week beginning August 25, 2003. The school overseer will conduct a 30–minute review based on material covered in assignments for the weeks of July 7 through August 25, 2003. [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. What benefits come from establishing eye contact while engaging in the ministry? [be p. 125 pars. 1-2; p. 125 box]
2. If you get nervous before engaging in the ministry, what can help? [be p. 128 pars. 4-5]
3. What will help you to speak in a natural and conversational way when delivering a talk from the platform? [be p. 129 par. 2; p. 129 box]
4. What effect should the principles found at Leviticus 16:4, 24, 26, 28; John 13:10; and Revelation 19:8 have on our personal appearance, and why is this important? [be p. 131 par. 3; p. 131 box]
5. Describe a person who is modest and has “soundness of mind.” (1 Tim. 2:9, 10) [be p. 132 par. 1]
ASSIGNMENT NO. 1
6. Although Christians must patiently put up with one another, what is not tolerated among them? (Col. 3:13) [w01 7/15 p. 22 pars. 7-8]
7. True or False: An ordinal number is a full number. Explain. [si p. 282 pars. 24-5]
8. What is the purest motive we can have for reading God’s Word, and why is having such motivation important? [be p. 24 par. 1]
9. How does a wise person “treasure up knowledge”? (Prov. 10:14) [w01 7/15 p. 27 pars. 4-5]
10. Why are Job’s good habits noteworthy? (Job 1:1, 8; 2:3) [w01 8/1 p. 20 par. 4]
WEEKLY BIBLE READING
11. How were the members of the governing body able to reach the “unanimous accord” that Gentile believers were not required to be circumcised in order to be saved? (Acts 15:25)
12. How could the governing body ask that Paul carry out certain stipulations of the Mosaic Law when that Law had been canceled by Jehovah? (Acts 21:20-26) [it-1 p. 481 par. 3; it-2 p. 1163 par. 6–p. 1164 par. 1]
13. What false accusations made against the apostle Paul remind us of remarks made against Jehovah’s Witnesses in recent times? (Acts 24:5, 6) [w01 12/15 p. 22 par. 7–p. 23 par. 2]
14. How did Paul set an example as a Kingdom proclaimer even when under house arrest for two years? (Acts 28:30, 31)
15. In what way are “the superior authorities” part of “the arrangement of God,” and how should this affect Christians? (Rom. 13:1, 2) [w00 8/1 p. 4 par. 5]