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

Temptation, Jesus, Sin, and Same Sex Attraction

Temptation is not the same as sin. Temptation can certainly lead to sin but maintaining the distinction between temptation and sin is vitally important. Getting this wrong destroys our Christology and creates a culture of

Five Favorite Ministry Books I Read in 2014

Sensing Jesus: Life and Ministry of a Human Being (2013) Zack Eswine Eswine offers an uncompromisingly honest reflection on pastoral life and ministry as a follower of Christ. In a sea of ministry books that

Christmas and the End of the Curse 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

Where is the Interpreter to Learn Proper Hermeneutics?

Where is the interpreter to learn proper hermeneutics? What is the authoritative source that teaches how to rightly handle the Scripture? Can we and should we follow the exegetical practices of the New Testament? Richard