David Eckman
David Eckman is the co-founder and senior lecturer for Becoming What God Intended Ministries, a non-profit educational corporation dedicated to introducing people to God's loyal affection. Becoming What God Intended Ministries works both within the United States and internationally. Using state of the art internet technology, it trains Christian leaders in Southeast Asia as well as Africa. David also lectures in China as a guest of various Chinese governmental agencies.
After pastoring for 16 years, David served as Executive Vice-President for Western Seminary for 7 years. He was responsible for two campuses in Northern California. During that time the campuses grew 27% a year and creative programs were developed for the transformation of seminarians. David has spent decades in Biblical research; he is an associate professor in the disciplines of spiritual life formation. His biblical scholarship is combined with 30 years of experience as pastor, counselor, teacher and conference speaker with a distinctly biblical and practical approach to everyday life.
David received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Houghton College, a Master of Divinity degree from San Francisco Conservative Baptist Seminary and a Master of Theology degree from Golden Gate Seminary. After completing six years of graduate research at Oxford University in England, he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Golden Gate Seminary in San Francisco, California.
He has authored the commentary Discovering Micah through Malachi for Guideposts and has written a book on spiritual life development entitled Becoming What God Intended: A Study for Spiritual Transformation. He was a contributor to the New King James Study Bible with commentary on several of the Minor Prophets. His latest books are Becoming Who God Intended and Sex, Food & God published by Harvest House.
Dr. Eckman and his wife, Carol, have been married for 36 years and have two grown children. They live in Pleasanton, California.
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Books by David Eckman
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Becoming Who God Intended: A New Picture for Your Past, A Healthy Way of Managing Your Emotions, A Fresh Perspective on Relationships
Becoming Who God Intended answers the heart questions of those who are deeply frustrated with their Christian life: Is it normal that my emotional experience does not match up with the Bible? Why do I feel alive only when I engage in habitual sins and compulsions? Do I just have to live with anxiety, anger, shame, and depression? Every persons heart life is filled with pictures of reality, often false ones, says David Eckman. But as believers use the truth of their new identity in Christ to develop biblical pictures, they will be able to truly accept Gods acceptance of them, be freed from negative emotions and habitual sins...and finally experience a life that matches what Scripture promises.
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Sex, Food, and God: Breaking Free from Temptations, Compulsions, and Addictions
People from all walks of life give in to temptations and adopt patterns of secrecy and shame. David Eckman reveals how appetites can dominate the lives of men and women, and addictions to sex, pornography, food, chemicals, and even work can take hold. This is a much needed Christian look at fighting addiction that should be in every church and home. With research support and biblical principles, Eckman shares why unhealthy appetites take root in people how to trade shame for a new identity in Christ why commitment to prayer, confession, and growth protects us Readers will discover how to break the pattern of out of control desires and extend grace, not judgment, to those facing such struggles.
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Becoming Who God Intended: A New Picture for Your Past, A Healthy Way of Managing Your Emotions, A Fresh Perspective on Relationships
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Sex, Food, and God: Breaking Free from Temptations, Compulsions, and Addictions
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