Welcome to the fifty-second episode of Equipping You in Grace. On today’s episode, Dave Jenkins interviews Dr. David Prince about his book In the Arena: The Promise of Sports for Christian Discipleship (B&H, 2016).
What you’ll hear in this episode:
- David’s life, ministry, marriage, and his current ministry projects.
- How Christians should think about sports from an explicitly biblical worldview.
- How Christians should view being a fan of their sport teams while being sensitive to share more about Jesus.
- How sports and spiritual warfare go together.
- How Christians should pursue sports as a form of their discipleship.
- How can engaging in sports help Christians learn to build their identity around Christ.
- Courageous convictions verses safe sentimentality.
- How Christian’s interest in sports can be instructive and spur them on toward faithfulness to the gospel.
About the Author:
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 frequently writes for The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, For the Church, the BGEA and Preaching Today.
He received his M.Div from Southwestern Theological Seminary and his Ph.D from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He is married to Judi and they have eight children (three boys and five girls). He is a baseball aficionado and an avid Atlanta Braves fan, but he also enjoys football (rolltide) and basketball. When he isn’t spending time with his family, or playing sports with his kids, he can usually be found reading. His list of influential authors include: Edmund Clowney, Andrew Fuller, George Eldon Ladd, Graeme Goldsworthy, Irenaeus, John MacArthur, John Piper, Tom Schreiner, and Russell Moore.
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Dave Jenkins is happily married to his wife, Sarah. He is a writer, editor, and speaker living in beautiful Southern Oregon. Dave is a lover of Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology. He serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries, the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine, the Host and Producer of Equipping You in Grace Podcast, and is a contributor to and producer of Contending for the Word. He is the author of The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age (G3 Press, 2022), and Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024). You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, or read his newsletter. Dave loves to spend time with his wife, going to movies, eating at a nice restaurant, or going out for a round of golf with a good friend. He is also a voracious reader, in particular of Reformed theology, and the Puritans. You will often find him when he’s not busy with ministry reading a pile of the latest books from a wide variety of Christian publishers. Dave received his M.A.R. and M.Div through Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
