Journal: Journal for Baptist Theology & Ministry
Volume: JBTM 19:1 (Spring 2022)
Article: Editorial Introduction
Author: Adam Harwood

Editorial Introduction

Adam Harwood

Adam Harwood is professor of theology, occupying the McFarland Chair of Theology; director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry; and editor, Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

This Spring issue of JBTM features seven thought-provoking articles from pastor-scholars in the areas of historical, systematic, and pastoral theology. Ryan Rindels is pastor of First Baptist Church Sonoma in Sonoma, California. In his article, “Multiplication or Management? Tension and the Creation Mandate,” Rindels considers the Genesis 1:28 mandate to “be fruitful and multiply” against concerns about global population growth and a sustainable ecology. Thomas G. Doughty, Jr. serves as assistant professor of theology and Christian worldview, and associate dean of Leavell College in New Orleans, Louisiana. In his article, “Retrieving Diversity and Unity on the Work of Christ in the Apostolic Fathers,” Doughty examines the writings of five Apostolic Fathers to discern their views on the work of Christ. Rex D. Butler is professor of church history and patristics, occupying the John T. Westbrook Chair of Church History at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. A version of this article, “‘He Who Is and the Angel of Him Who Is’: Nicene and Post-Nicene Views of Christophanies,” was presented at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society on Nov. 16, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. Butler’s current article continues the research presented in a previous article, “‘The Son of God Appeared to Prophets and Patriarchs’: Ante-Nicene Views of Christophanies,” which appeared in JBTM 18.1 (Spring 2021): 63–83.

Casey B. Hough is pastor of Copperfield Church in Houston, Texas, and assistant professor of Biblical Interpretation at Luther Rice College & Seminary in Stonecrest, Georgia. In “Sharing in the Distributed Body of Christ: Luther’s Eucharistic Reading of Philemon 6, ” Hough examines Martin Luther’s neglected interpretation of Paul’s statement about “the sharing of your faith” (Phlm 6, NKJV and ESV) as a remark about participation in the Lord’s

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body through the Lord’s Supper. Jacob G. Milstead serves as family pastor of Agricola, Baptist Church in Lucedale, Mississippi. In “Reformation Boundaries: The Doctrine of Justification by Faith Alone and Ecumenical Rapprochement,” Milstead compares the conciliatory Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification made between twentieth-century Lutherans and Catholics with the writings of sixteenth-century Protest...