Floods Upon The Dry Ground by Charles P. Schmitt

Study Questions: Chapter 12

1. Concerning the "Latter Rain Revival" of 1948: list the principal vessels God used, the principal things which God restored in this revival, and the sad aftermath of this revival.
   
   
2. Concerning the cause of the Holocaust of 1933-1945, compare the prophetical view of Arthur Katz with the historical view of the author.
   
   
3. What significance do students of Bible prophecy see in the birth of the State of Israel in 1948?
   
   
4. Concerning the Argentine Revival of 1949, list several of the instruments used and the extent of the impact of the revival.
   
   
5. Concerning the Hebrides Revival of 1949, list the main instruments used and some of the results of this revival.
   
   
6. In describing the Healing Revivals of the late 40's and the 50's, list the main revivalists God used and the sad ending of various ones.
   
   
7. List "Other Evangelical Awakenings in the Mid-Twentieth-Century," noting dates and the instruments God used.
   
   
8. In what practical ways did the formation of the World Council of Churches and Vatican II open the doors to the revival move of God in the 1960's-1970's?
   
   
9. List various leaders that God raised up to birth the Charismatic Renewal.
   
   
10. Describe the beginnings of the Catholic Charismatic Movement: give dates, places, persons God used. To what extent has the Catholic Charismatic Movement grown?
    
    
11. List several ways in which the 1980's were the "best of years" and the "worst of years?"
    
    
12. Describe the "third wave." In what main way did the "third wave" differ doctrinally from the Pentecostal Revival and the Charismatic Renewal?
    
    
13. What exactly was the "Shepherding Controversy?" List dates, persons, issues and conclusions.
    
    
14. What several happenings are referred to by the phrase "The Fall of the Televangelists?"
    
    
15. Describe the grand "Vision for World Harvest" which came out of the 1980's.
    
    
16. What outpouring took place in early 1994? In June of 1995? In October of 1996? In January of 1997?
    
    
17. What is the heart issue in the document, the "Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification?" (Appendix VI)
    
    
18. What sobering news concerning Mary did Newsweek carry in its August 25, 1997 edition? (Appendix VI)
    
    
19. List items for rejoicing in the August 1997 report issued by Ralph Martin concerning the renewal in India. (Appendix VI)
    
    
20. What yet unanswered question lies before us as we look into the future? (Appendix VI)