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Floods Upon The Dry Ground: Chapter 11 Study Questions  

Floods Upon The Dry Ground by Charles P. Schmitt

Study Questions: Chapter 11

  1. Identify the "two mighty seasons of revival" which "helped shape the whole of the twentieth century for God." Who was the main instrument in the Revival of 1904? Identify this revival's main weakness.

  2. List the various places around the world where God poured out His Spirit in the early 1900's.

  3. Pinpoint the "birth of the Pentecostal Revival" - date, place, people, aftermath.

  4. In what ways was Charles Parham, "Pentecostalism's Speckled Bird"?

  5. Identify the two major Pentecostal outpourings in the year 1906 and describe briefly the part Parham played in each.

  6. Who was the main instrument used in the Azusa Street revival? Describe the main spiritual characteristics of this man whom God used. Describe the end of the Azusa Street revival.

  7. Who was the main instrument used in the growth of the Pentecostal movement in the South? Describe his concluding years.

  8. Describe the worldwide growth of the Pentecostal movement in the first decade of its life.

  9. What geographical shift within the Pentecostal movement in the U.S. took place by 1910 - identify the shift in location and the person whom God used.

  10. What concern did Frank J. Bartleman express concerning the Pentecostal movement, which concern would follow the movement throughout the whole of the twentieth century?

  11. Describe the fragmentation which took place within the Pentecostal movement concerning the place of "speaking in other tongues." What two positions were held?

  12. Describe the two positions held in the "works of grace" division. Who was the champion of the "Finished work" theology? What exactly was that point of view?

  13. What controversies arose around the subject of water baptism? What positions were held by each opposing side on these issues?

  14. What was the original structural vision of the founders of the Assemblies of God in 1914? How has the Assemblies fared in fulfilling that original vision? Describe the impressive growth of the Assemblies in the twentieth century.

  15. What are listed as "Pentecostalism's Declining Years"? Who were some of the "bright spots" during these years? What years in particular were looked upon as "a time of spiritual decline." What did the realization of this decline then generate?

 


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