About David Prince

David E. Prince is pastor of preaching and vision at Ashland Avenue Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky and assistant professor of Christian preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of In the Arena and Church with Jesus as the Hero. He blogs at Prince on Preaching and frequently writes for The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, For the Church, the BGEA and Preaching Today

Countercultural Gospel Competition

We live in a world that competes for honor. Social media is essentially a daily referendum on who is most impressive, gets the most attention, and is the most followed. We curate images, craft narratives,

No Smiley Face Masks at Church

Many wear their Smiley Face mask to church every Sunday. Not because they are joyful. Because they are hiding. Everything looks fine on the surface. Smiling. Polished. Put together. We know how to say the