Dr. DeKoven, a professional counselor & educator, presents through a typology of child development, a process for growth and change. That all God's children are to process through. The three stages of growth are: -The Intimate Relationship -The Healing Community -The Compassionate Life

Journey Through the Old Testament is the first installment of a two part survey of God's Book, the Bible. It will give the student a sound understanding of the Bible's structure and help build a foundation for understanding both the Old and the New Testaments. From the first five historical books, to the last minor prophet of the Old Testament, the student of God's Word will increase their grasp of the key elements of God's whole counsel.

Written especially for pastors who are training and developing young men and women to meet the need for positive leadership, this volume is useful as a primary teaching text for leadership-related Bible classes, Sunday schools, or youth training. (Christian)

Walters and Dekoven present a guide to writing college papers, the Master's thesis, the Doctoral dissertation, and the Doctoral project with ease, efficiency, and accuracy.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Bible teacher DeKoven offers pastors and Christian counselors a useful guide on what to do and what not to do with clients in regards to God's Word.

In this brief study, the author presents four of the key laws of Christ relating the topics of anger, purity, honesty, and love. Each is presented with humor and grace, along with timely insights from Matthew 5, commonly called the Beatitudes or the Sermon on the Mountain.

This resource, primarily designed for students in training as counselors, will challenge readers, and prepare them for more effective counseling ministry.

In this seminal work by therapist and educator Dr. DeKoven, the full ramifications of family violence are exposed and dismantled. From a proper understanding of the dynamics leading to abuse, rooted in family dysfunction, to the treatment of victim and victimizer, he presents the truth and destroys the myths of family violence, from a strongly psychological and theological perspective.

The author of this book, Dr. Stan DeKoven was stuck with a nagging question, after listening in to the prayers of God's people. Most of the prayers were deeply sincere, but focused on the needs of the person praying...little if any emphasis was placed on what God might want given the circumstances they were facing. This launched the author to pursue the question in a series of Sermons by the same title of this book.

In this introductory work on church leadership, Dr. DeKoven presents keys to effective leadership, which flow from the life of the leader. The skills needed for effective congregational care are described through the various identified roles a spiritual leader assumes.