The Alliance by Chris G. Wright5/11/2023 Wright, “The Ethical Authority of the Old Testament: A Survey of Approaches, Part 1,” Tyndale Bulletin 43:1 (1992): 101.)) But the complexity of the topic is met by Wright’s zeal when he describes “the great love-affair of my life with the ethical study and relevance of the Old Testament.” ((Christopher J. Wright notes that “the question of what authority the scriptures of the Hebrew Bible have for Christians and how they should be used for ethics is, and always has been, difficult and divisive.” ((Christopher J. Both the Cape Town Commitment and the larger body of Wright’s publications exhibit his passion for Christians to apply Scripture, in particular the OT, to a broad range of ethical issues, including matters within the socio-economic realm of secular society. Wright, an Anglican pastor and Old Testament (OT) scholar, is a key figure in the Lausanne Movement, including his role as the Chair of the Cape Town 2010 Statement Working Group, which drafted the Cape Town Commitment, the third major declaration of the movement, following the 1974 Lausanne Covenant and the 1989 Manila Manifesto. Wright is one of the leading evangelical voices today addressing the theology of the church’s mission.
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