Idleness is one of the factors through which one most easily falls into sin.

— Marco Distort (b. 1958), evangelikaler Autor, Dozent und früherer Pastor

Topics: Temptation & Struggle, Work & Vocation

Marco Distort

Marco Distort ist ein italienischer evangelikaler Autor, Dozent und ehemaliger Pastor, der über viele Jahre eine Freikirche in Arezzo leitete und an Ausbildungsstätten wie dem Istituto Biblico Evangelico Italiano lehrte. Bekannt ist er durch zahlreiche Schriften zu biblischer Prophetie, praktischer Seelsorge sowie zur Kontinuität zwischen Altem und Neuem Testament und den hebräischen Wurzeln des Glaubens. Bibellesern vermittelt er eine Auslegung, die religionsphilosophische Reflexion mit einer praxisnahen, am Bibeltext orientierten Lehre verbindet.

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