like an experimental airplane. The “experiment” envisaged is not testing the Bible, but testing us by the Bible. The root for experimental also shows up in the word experiential. Experimental preaching stresses the need to know the great truths of the Word of God by personal experience. It also tests our personal experience by the doctrines of the Bible. It brings truth to the heart to illuminate who we are, where we stand with God, how we need to be healed, and where we need to be headed. On the
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