When Christian students graduate from high school and begin their journey into college, a distinction is often made between those going into full-time ministry and those working towards a secular career. Although it is uncommon for students pursuing a secular career to be criticized for their decision, those pursuing pastoral work or foreign missions are sometimes viewed as working towards a “higher calling” from God. They have surrendered their entire career over to the Lord. The profession of engineering is, by definition, a secular career field. However, a Christian engineer is able to serve and worship God through his or her career in a unique way. A Christian worldview both validates and adds depth to the engineering profession. …show more content…
This process is the same as taking responsibility for and giving approval to the details of a design plan. In the engineering profession, it is unethical to sign off on designs outside of one’s field of expertise. For example, it would be unethical for a mechanical engineer to approve plans for the electrical network of a skyscraper, just as it would be unethical for a computer engineer to put his stamp of approval on the structural plans for a suspension bridge. The fundamental principle behind this ethical standard is integrity: an engineer should not give his approval to a plan he cannot fully understand. An engineer with a Christian worldview should follow this practice not only because it is the right thing to do in the field of engineering but more importantly because it is what God expects of His children (Hebrews 13:18).
The Christian worldview makes the profession of engineering both justified and more purposeful. Although Christian engineers are not called to be full-time ministers, they are abel to glorify God and be a shining light through ethical, diligent work in the engineering field. For this reason, Christian students going into the field of engineering can be excited and honored to play such a unique role in God’s
A difficult question for most because one has to truly find their passions and what drives them and some people get caught up in their routine that their passions slowly fizzle away because there are not enough hours in the day to have a hobby. For example Jon Acuff writes about how he ran a blog for two years for free about “Stuff Christians Like”, all because this is what his passion is and what drives him. These hinge moments I referred to earlier are a series of questions asked in the book with the intent to find what your passion is. The questions consist of “what do I love enough to do for free?” “What do I do that cause time to feel different?” What do I enjoy doing regardless of the opinions of other people?” “If only your life changed,, would that be enough?” “Are there any patterns in the things you like doing?” As one would be able to notice most of these questions are aiming at the same target just from a different angle. The goal is to finding a true passion in one’s life, something where it does not feel like work but rather you feels more like a hobby. As I get closer towards the graduation date with no idea or clue even of a career path, this book really speaks to me in this sense. I am seeking my passion and what God is calling me to do, which I feel is construction management although I am hesitant to listen because I have seen the difficulty first hand in my parents
Shaping a Christian Worldview represents an anthology of commentary that focuses on the primary issues that Christian institutions are experiencing. Each essay is written by a respected author in the field of higher education, and undertakes an critical study of contemporary matters in question concerning these schools of different traditions. In particular, attention is given to postmodern thought and it’s impact on education.
Full disclosure: I've lived my entire life wanting to be an engineer. My father is a manufacturing engineer. My grandfather was an electrical engineer. My girlfriend is currently studying at Iowa State in mechanical Engineering. I am an engineer at heart.
Thirty years ago when my parents left behind a comfortable life in South America to pursue opportunities that would truly change their lives, they had no idea they would be foreshadowing the recent events of my life. After working for two years as an engineer, I have realized something that I had suspected all along: I do not belong in the world of business or engineering. I need to be in a profession in which I can establish unique relationships with people by having a positive impact on their lives.
What is Christianity and why has it been able to develop into a continuously growing and evolving religion?
Going to a Christian college, and eventually seminary calls for moral uprightness, but that does not always translate into doing God’s will. For example, I can pray every day for at least ten minutes, but when that becomes a chore rather than a joy, I am no longer fulfilling my own calling. Fields calls this “being a spiritual loser,” because one is doing all the right things for all the wrong reasons, which is the opposite of how God originally intended us to be (Fields 71)! One good measure of how successful one will be in student ministry is to allow God to work in people’s lives instead of micromanaging them. God can do amazing things through us, but by ourselves we can only do so much; without Jesus in the picture, ministry is just a dead end job with low pay, stressful work, and a whole lot of problems. By doing this, Fields has allowed me to see that developing my ministry is of vital importance, and this helps the book by allowing the reader to understand that God does have a plan for my life, as long as I submit to His
The goal of this book review on Engaging God’s World written by Cornelius Plantinga Jr. is to examine his ideas on redemption, vocation in the Kingdom of God, and to explore his thoughts on Christian education as described in the book’s epilogue. Cornelius Plantinga Jr. discusses several key notes regarding redemption, such as salvation. Vocation in the Kingdom of God is another subject he touches on in relation to the way God works within His Kingdom connecting us to the ‘King of Kings’ as his ambassadors on earth. Lastly, Plantinga explains his view on how Christian education is important to sustain ourselves, earth now, and the New Earth.
Engineering is one of the largest, most diverse and progressive professions. It is a highly respected profession. It guards public health and safety and is always in the best interest of society by attempting to improve the quality of life. With all professions, there are always circumstances where the image could be jeopardized. From the code of ethics, I will be discussing and analyzing article 77-7-IV. This article states: “A practitioner shall not attempt to gain an advantage over other practitioners by paying or accepting commission in securing professional engineering work”1. In other words this article relates to the term known as bribery, which is the act of persuasion which results in an advantage to one party, typically illegally or dishonestly.
...nciples of engineering; in doing so, they will aid in the protection of society by having a high standard of ethics, honesty, and integrity. In order to become a world-class engineering student, I will have to continue to be conscious of academic dishonest behavior, alerting my professors if I am witness to its occurrence and deterring myself from it, in addition to familiarizing myself with the professional ethical codes related to engineering as engineers are expected to exhibit these fundamental principles when fulfilling their professional duties.
Christian faith and Ethos is the class I am taking this term. The professor 's name is Reverend Leroy Leach Jr. The class is about God, the creation, and how to read the Holy Bible.
Ethical theories are a way of finding solutions to ethical dilemmas using moral reasoning or moral character. The overall classification of ethical theories involves finding a resolution to ethical problems that are not necessarily answered by laws or principles already in place but that achieve justice and allow for individual rights. There are many different ethical theories and each takes a different approach as to the process in which they find a resolution. Ethical actions are those that increase prosperity, but ethics in business is not only focused on actions, it can also involve consequences of actions and a person’s own moral character.
Engineering has been a key interest of mine since childhood. While still in grade school I enjoyed listening to my father, an electrical engineer, teach me about advances in technology, and was always eager to hear more. I was introduced to my first computer at the age of five, and have loved interacting with them ever since. My decision to study engineering as a career was no surprise to those who knew me.
In contrast to this individualist stance, E.R.Braithwaite describes early in his book To Sir, With Love (hereafter ‘the book’) how his race had mitigated against his acquiring an engineering position for several years, despite excellent qualifications. He reacts to these difficulties by presenting his students with many examples of the interdependency of humanity: the brotherhood of Man.
Moral ethics is the belief that all human beings are born to know right from wrong. We come into this world as good people, but the temptations and challenges in life influence our mind set to as it will. Every person on Earth chooses if they’re to follow through with their life of good or go down the path of bad. “A person’s moral ethics” (unknown.)
There are many virtues are relevant to engineers, including intelligence, decisiveness, hard work, carefulness, and being a team player. Virtues require practice, and it is important that engineers continue to grow throughout their careers and while they are in school. While we may have not explicitly defined what it means to be a virtuous person until the final year of school, we have unknowingly started to develop our virtues and traits throughout our time in