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Daily Inspiration Quote by Benny Hinn

"I do admit there have been times when I have made a statement that was incorrect"

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A televangelist confessing, in the driest possible phrasing, that he’s sometimes been wrong is less a moral reckoning than a controlled burn. Benny Hinn’s power has long depended on certainty sold as revelation: miracles promised on cue, a charismatic persona that asks followers to suspend ordinary skepticism. So the line’s careful construction matters. “I do admit” signals reluctance, as if the speaker is granting a concession under pressure rather than volunteering clarity. “There have been times” turns accountability into weather: vague, intermittent, uncountable. And “a statement that was incorrect” is a masterpiece of distancing. Not a prophecy, not a claim of divine instruction, not a manipulation of vulnerable people - just “a statement,” flattened into bureaucratic error.

The intent feels surgical: concede enough to appear humble, avoid enough to keep the brand intact. In modern media ecosystems, especially religious broadcasting, credibility doesn’t always hinge on being right; it hinges on maintaining the aura of being chosen. This sentence tries to preserve that aura while acknowledging the reality of scrutiny - journalists, critics, defectors, and the ever-present digital archive that doesn’t forget old sermons.

The subtext is transactional: I am still your vessel, even if a few lines didn’t land. It’s repentance without specifics, a PR-safe confession that preempts deeper questions. In a culture newly fluent in institutional apologies, Hinn’s line reads like an update to spiritual authority in the age of receipts: minimal admission, maximum insulation.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Hinn, Benny. (2026, January 17). I do admit there have been times when I have made a statement that was incorrect. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-do-admit-there-have-been-times-when-i-have-made-72672/

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Hinn, Benny. "I do admit there have been times when I have made a statement that was incorrect." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-do-admit-there-have-been-times-when-i-have-made-72672/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I do admit there have been times when I have made a statement that was incorrect." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-do-admit-there-have-been-times-when-i-have-made-72672/. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.

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Benny Hinn (born December 3, 1952) is a Clergyman from Israel.

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