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mispreach en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + preach.

Meanings

1. To preach a mistaken or erroneous sermon.
   • If you major on the three parallel prepositional phrases in v. 16 and spend most of your time explaining and illustrating them, then you will mispreach the focus of this text. 2010, Dr. Daniel L. Akin, David L. Allen, Ned Mathews, Text-Driven Preaching: God's Word at the Heart of Every Sermon, page 132:
   • Obviously, preaching can mispreach and therefore reinforce common misunderstandings. 1987, David G. Buttrick, Homiletic: Moves and Structures, page 29:
   • You've intrigued me with the idea that certain parables are often misinterpreted and therefore mispreached. Do you think of another parable that, because of our cultural distance, we miss the point, we miss the surprise, and we mispreach? 2012, Jeffrey D. Arthurs, Craig Brian Larson, Interpretation and Application, page 48:

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