Tuesday, March 13, 2012

A Biblical Vision for Mechanical Engineering

Bezaleel

I. Mechanical Engineers, like Bezaleel, are gifted by God with the wisdom, understanding and knowledge needed to obey God in the building of His Kingdom according to the pattern of His Word in time and space (Exodus 36).

II. Mechanical Engineers use scientific, mathematical, practical, and logical understandings of God’s creation as a basis to seek Heaven’s assistance in the conception, design, prototype, manufacture, and management of products and services which serve God and man.

III. Mechanical Engineers living in relationship with God the Father, through the Lord Jesus Christ, by the Holy Spirit can and do set goals and accomplish what other Mechanical Engineers cannot.

IV. Mechanical Engineers live in an integrated world because God, as creator and sustainer of all things, brings unity and meaning to everything. Therefore, the Mechanical Engineer integrates their faith in God and His Word with their products and services through the conscious understanding, application, and acknowledgement of Biblical truths that are consistent with the historic Protestant faith.

V. Mechanical engineers operate with an understanding that God rules over all elements of civilization and take into consideration the Biblical views of each element of civilization as they conceive, design, prototype, manufacture and manage the innovation of products and services. Common elements of civilization which Mechanical Engineers consider include evangelism, morals, biology, economics, education, arts, authority, geography, history, language & literature, civil law, Biblical law, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, sociology, theology, eschatology and government.

VI. The result of a Mechanical Engineer’s efforts bring glory to God and joy to the Mechanical Engineer and those he serves in both time and eternity.
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Open Blog Quiz Assignment: An example of a Biblical vision for an occupation (mechanical engineering) is posted on the blog.  Use this as an example to edit and improve upon in writing a Biblical vision for your chosen occupation (a wife and mother is also an occupation). Aim for about the same number of words as the example (250 words). If you don’t have an occupation in mind write a Biblical vision for the occupation of someone you  know. Post your biblical vision document in the blog as a comment  and provide a paper copy to Healther Lloyd for grading.  Here is a link to many occupational descriptions: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ooh_index.htm

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Caleb Demeter · 681 weeks ago

I knew that God wants people in every profession to be his witnesses, but I never realized how many actual applications there are o being an engineer. This is extra cool, because my brother is going to college next year to study to be an engineer. It's just ice to know that we'll have another Christian engineer out there.
1 reply · active 677 weeks ago
Yeah it is nice when you hear about a Christian that is going out in to the world. Even in Aaron's (Caleb's brother) college he can spread the gospel.
i think in our religion we think that we are suppose to be pastors or missionaries... but i think that we can ministers with our regular jobs. and if we are doing that then God will bless our job like the mechanic .
1 reply · active 680 weeks ago
Thanks Stocker that really makes me look at occupations differently. I see how we can serve God in our occupation now.
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Alexandra Camacho · 681 weeks ago

Occupation: psychologist

I.My school psychologist is a perfect example of the kind of God-loving and intertwine-er or the Word. I look up to him greatly because he teaches the subject while baking up his reason with one of the greatest sources; The Holy Bible

II.Psychology is the science of the mind or of mental states and processes. God is a part of all of us; emotionally, spiritually, physically, and under the circumstance, mentally. There is no way a person can’t intergrade God’s teaching to psychology.

III.There is an ideological war raging today with psychology as the main battlefield. This war is being fought on two fronts: 1. Establishment psychology in opposition to religion in general and Christianity in particular. 2. Intense conflict within the Christian community about whether or not so-called godless psychology should be embraced. The key question is whether or not psychology is based on a world view which opposes the essentials of the Christian faith. This includes the assumptions of psychology of materialism, rationalism, determinism and relativism, and that humans are not self-aware, responsible and free moral agents. Christians cannot accept these philosophical assumptions and at the same time remain true to their faith.

IV.Christians who study psychology is immediately confronted with truth claims that conflict with the Bible and which are opposed to Christian theology and doctrines. Thoughtful and honest Christians must determine how to resolve the conflicts in order to integrate psychology and Christianity. Here are three options that Christians could possibly adopt: They can simply abandon their faith and accept the philosophical presuppositions of secular science in general and of psychology in particular; they can simply ignore the contradictions; or they can completely reject psychology out of hand; these are not very satisfying solutions for most Christians.

V.Integration: common attempts to integrate psychology and Christianity: treat biblical thinking as a screen, filter, or boundary through which a Christian sifts psychology's claims to knowledge and efficacy, attempting to weed out the bad from the good. The common theme is to take the good and exclude the bad.
1 reply · active 681 weeks ago
Excellent Alex!  Here is a link to a Christian view of Psychology: <a href="http://65.175.91.69/Reformation_net/COR_Docs/Christian_Worldview_Psychology.pdf
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I love that we can serve God in our occupation, and still minister to people. I know that God wants us to be happy so whenever we can do something we want to do like uphold a curtain occupation, God is also happy. But when you think about the fact that you can represent God in your work this makes him even happier.
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Lisa Hofer · 674 weeks ago

" I can do all things through Him who gives me strength" Philippians 4:13
you can minister to anybody where ever you are, but some work places prohibit it. so the question in turn becomes " what do I do?" sometimes the work place doesn't allow you to talk about Christ so you need to abide by work place rules, and still serve the Lord. you cant witness through words but you can through actions. we shouldn't have to sneak around to tell others about Christ, but in some cases its necessary. Christ will give you the strength to do all things. He will never falter.
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Very nice blog...i like reading your post. thank u so much sir for sharing.

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