Theocratic Ministry School Review

The following questions will be considered at the Theocratic Ministry School during the week beginning October 27, 2008. The school overseer will conduct a 30-minute review based on material covered in assignments for the weeks of September 1 through October 27, 2008.

SPEECH QUALITIES

1. How can we find out why other people believe as they do? [be p. 259 pars. 1, 2]

2. How might we help a person to remove prejudice or hatred from his heart? [be p. 260 par. 2]

3. How might we assist our students to examine their own heart with a view to continued spiritual growth? [be p. 261 par. 3]

4. What should we bear in mind as we strive to reach the heart of our listeners? [be p. 262 par. 5]

5. Why should we give attention to timing at congregation meetings? [be p. 263 pars. 1, 3, box]

ASSIGNMENT NO. 1

6. What moved Paul to write his first letter to the Corinthians? [si p. 210 par. 3]

7. What were some of the reasons for Paul’s writing his second letter to the Corinthians? [si p. 214 pars. 1-2]

8. What view should Christians have of the ministry? [si pp. 216-217 par. 18]

9. How can we today, like the brothers at Philippi, gain God’s approval and become a joy to our brothers? [si p. 225 par. 12]

10. What positive effects did Paul and his companions have on the congregation in Thessalonica? [si p. 231 par. 13]

WEEKLY BIBLE READING

11. What does it mean to “hand [the wicked] man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, in order that the spirit may be saved”? (1 Cor. 5:5) [w08 7/15 “Jehovah’s Word Is Alive​—Highlights From the Letters to the Corinthians”]

12. How “often” is Jesus’ death to be commemorated, and “until” when? (1 Cor. 11:26) [w08 7/15 “Jehovah’s Word Is Alive​—Highlights From the Letters to the Corinthians”]

13. What vision does 2 Corinthians 12:2-4 mention, and who likely had it? [w04 10/15 p. 8 par. 4; p. 10 par. 9]

14. Why did Paul liken the Law of Moses to a “tutor leading to Christ”? (Gal. 3:24) [w08 3/1 pp. 18-21]

15. What did Paul mean when he prayed that “the spirit and soul and body of you brothers be preserved”? (1 Thess. 5:23) [w08 9/15 “Jehovah’s Word Is Alive​—Highlights From the Letters to the Thessalonians and to Timothy”]