Applicable personal experience precedes legitimate sharing of truth

Evidence

A real disciple is always concerned with the personal application of truth first. Then he becomes willing to share what he has learned. “For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me [first], to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed” (Romans 15:18). God’s truth must first be personalized in a disciple’s life, before it can be shared. — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory, 1055

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the ‘protagonist must undergo experience before narrating it’ idea in writing craft. — connects to: Religious claims require living examples to be understood and believed — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory: The…, 1467; A person’s life experience equals what they have paid attention to — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 22; Another’s reaction to one’s action confirms the validity of prior experience (+2 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Another’s reaction to one’s action confirms the validity of prior experience #corroborates (0.80)
• A person’s life experience equals what they have paid attention to #qualifies (0.75) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 22
• Truth about persons is grasped a priori, not discovered by empirical search #contradicts (0.75) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1336