The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Reformed Mysticism/Pietism vs True Experientialism

I would start HERE!

Addendum: I really should have added this before, but I didn't and so I'm doing it now!

Experimental preaching is a good thing IF done in moderation and judiciously as circumstances demand. Even a good thing can be abused and misused. The primary calling of a minister of the Gospel is to feed the sheep. Doubtless, among those professing to be followers of Christ there will be those who are self-deceived or even deliberately deceitful and thus the great value to experimental preaching. This applies to every truth of God. For example, if all a man preached on was total depravity or unconditional election, the congregation would starve to death... if you know what I mean, Vern? Men must preach THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD so that the man of God can progress in sanctification unto maturity (perfection). Isn't this one of the concerns of the writer of Hebrews, cf. Heb 6:1,2? The vast majority of the NT in the Epistles consist of the matter of doctrine and its application to all of life, aka: sanctification in the truth.