meant that Pietism was permeated at its core with an ethical flavor. Pietism usually represents an expression of a theology of goodness. An integrally related fourth motif is the theology of experience. Martin Schmidt and others have maintained that the heart of Pietist theology is its focus on regeneration. Pietists strongly emphasized that the God who is good enough to forgive us is powerful enough to change us. Consequently, we find varying degrees of emphasis on repentance, the new birth, and