The article argues that Martin Luther’s preaching was not “experiential” in the sense later associated with Pietism — his index of sermons lacks terms like “experientiality,” “experience of faith,” or “experiential preaching.” Rather, when “experience” appears at all in his preaching it always refers to fides — faith — so that the “experientiality” in his sermons is really just the believer’s experienced faith, not a broader mystical or introspective experience.