Theocratic Ministry School Review
The following questions will be considered orally at the Theocratic Ministry School during the week beginning October 31, 2005. The school overseer will conduct a 30-minute review based on material covered in assignments for the weeks of September 5 through October 31, 2005. [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. How can we ensure that our teaching from God’s Word reaches the figurative heart of people? (Matt. 13:19) [be p. 258 pars. 1-2, box]
2. What can help us to draw out what is in someone’s heart, but of what must we be mindful? [be p. 259 pars. 1-2]
3. When we teach, why is it important that we emphasize Jehovah’s marvelous qualities? [be p. 260 par. 1]
4. How can we help our Bible students to discern areas in which they need to make improvements? [be p. 260 par. 4–p. 261 par. 1]
5. What can we do to help our Bible students or listeners analyze their motives for doing things? [be p. 262 pars. 2-3]
ASSIGNMENT NO. 1
6. What is meant by “earnestly seeking” Jehovah, and how can we demonstrate that we are doing this? (Heb. 11:6) [w03 8/15 p. 25 par. 2; p. 26 pars. 1-2; p. 27 par. 2]
7. What is “the pattern of healthful words,” and how can elders show that they hold to it? (2 Tim. 1:13, 14) [w03 1/1 p. 29 par. 3–p. 30 par. 1]
8. What is meant by the designation “Bible canon,” and what are some factors that determine the canonicity of a Bible book? [si p. 299 pars. 5-6]
9. Why is the Muratorian Fragment, which dates to the latter part of the second century C.E., of particular note in confirming the canonicity of the Christian Greek Scriptures? [si p. 302 par. 19]
10. What authority for Bible translation do the Scriptures themselves give, and what purpose has been served by ancient Bible translations? [si p. 307 par. 9]
WEEKLY BIBLE READING
11. Does 2 Kings 13:21 support the belief in veneration of relics?
12. Had Hezekiah made an alliance with Egypt? (2 Ki. 18:19-21, 25)
13. Although the Assyrian annals do not specifically mention Jehovah’s stunning defeat of Sennacherib, what do you find interesting about what is stated in those records? (2 Ki. 19:35, 36)
14. Who was the father of Shealtiel? (1 Chron. 3:16-18)
15. In the days of King Saul, how did the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh set a fine example for all of God’s servants today? (1 Chron. 5:18-22)