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

Merry Christmas Should Mean the End of Racism

What we celebrate at Christmas is a repudiation of racism and all forms of ethnocentric superiority and segregation. Jesus of Nazareth was a Jew, born of the Virgin Mary, and his adoptive father Joseph was

Forgiveness, Justice, and Spiritual Vigilantes

I recently posted an article “Should we only forgive those who repent?” The article stimulated some helpful discussion and I thought my answer to the following question regarding how individual forgiveness works in relation to

Should We Only Forgive Those Who Repent?

I preached a sermon on forgiveness from Luke 17:1-10 and received the following question afterward and thought the answer might be helpful to others. Question: I have heard it taught that if a person does

Church, Stop Doing so Many Good Things

Is your church doing too many good things? Dr. David Prince encourages your church to stop doing some good things, in order that your church might be even more effective at the most important things.