Kimberly Hoefer
GE510- Intro to Graduate Studies
Program/Sch.: MSML, MontreatCollege—SPAS
Group: Group A
Assignment: Stewardship
Instructor: Dr. Alan Cellamare
Date: 02/06/2014
Stewardship is defined as the position and duties of a steward, a person who acts as the surrogate of another of others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate etc. Responsible for overseeing and protection of something considered worth caring or and preserving (www.webster.com). The bible has many examples of stewardship and how it relates to society today. God gave generosity as part of the law. As his people, we have special roles that were assigned to dominate creation. In this paper I will critique the articles “The Oxford
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Every person has the freedom to develop their God-given potential. Developing good stewardship in the business management practices is to establish good work ethics to accomplish God’s work in the world. Ethical business management practices starts with maintaining a trustful relationship in the organization. The organization must develop an organizational culture to use ethical stewardship to sustain in this completive market. Making good decisions shows your obligation to do what is acceptable. In the book of Luke 10:25-37 speaks about the Good Samaritan and explain how to love one’s neighbor (care for their needs). We are to love our neighbors to fulfill the commandment to show mercy to those who are in need. In the book of Amos displays a time of prosperity and wealth in the kingdom of Israel, but the decision was made among the people to live in sin and wickedness. God raised up Amos to bring warning to the Israelites to change their ways. In scripture God is clear concerning stewardship and how Christians should apply it to our daily life.
In conclusion stewardship shapes your daily life that identifies your spiritual gifts. God expects everyone to use their gifts to enhance the creation, society, environment and blessing others. The talent God gives us is to benefit the community. Obedience to Stewardship opens up the blessings of God to flow in your life.
Luke’s Gospel greatly emphasizes the social justice aspect of Christian living. Throughout the third book in the New Testament, the story and history of Jesus Christ is written, and Luke preserves the many sayings of Jesus warning that those with material possessions have a
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The ways I can practice stewardship in my life is by using my talents and the things God gave it to me and giving them back to someone or something they can use it. ways I can do that is just by helping someone else anything someone needs help quit or they can do on their own I can use the things I have and help them out. God has given everyone a talent that they can help out other people with and I think everyone should use their talent. Also it causes to be grateful for the talents that God has gave us because without them we wouldn't be able to help people out or even just have the talent to
As a general term stewardship is defined as the job of supervising or taking care of something, such as an organization or property. In Courage and Calling by Gordon T. Smith stewardship is responding intentionally to our lives (p. 18). According to Gordon T. Smith we must recognize three things to be good stewards: our lives have value, we must live our lives to the fullest, and we live fully by living deeply congruent with who we are (p. 18). As Christians God defines who we are thus our responsibility and obligations in life must ultimately connect to God.
Christians do not think money is a bad thing. However, they believe the way money is earned and used is the issue. Most Christians believe that wealth is a gift from God to benefit others. Christians believe that all money belongs to God and he gives them stewardship of his money to use wisely. The Bible teaches, “You cannot serve both God and money.” (Matthew 6:24). For Christians this means that they must be careful not to replace their love for God with the love of money.
The book, “Business for the Glory of God”, By Wayne Grudem, is a book that gives insight to how business as a whole can be a blessing to the world. God gave His people abilities to conduct business in order to glorify Him. Grudem explains that business and the attributes of business are “fundamentally good” and provides many opportunities for glorifying God, but also many temptations to sin. He gives a biblical and moral standing point
The purpose of this paper is to reflect on my thoughts on how I can utilize certain methods that will help shape the vision of the organization. I will explain how ethics play a role in leadership and decision making. This week I encountered multiple dilemmas which affected my actions at work, home, and school; in this paper I will exploit those dilemmas and how they are considered weakness that I incorporated in my IDP. Using last week 's assignment to start an IDP, I came up with certain actions (part 3) to take to further advance myself as a leader. The reasoning behind these actions will show how proper ethical actions define a leader, and the influence it holds with the organization’s culture.
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As a Christian that is going into the field of accounting and finance, I find that is extremely important to know what my ethical values are. When things get difficult in the workplace, I need to be able to stand up for my beliefs and follow them even when it may cause me trouble. In the world of finance, the most important goal is maximizing wealth and profits at all costs. This paper will look at some of the ways a Christian financial manager can re-act to some of the things that the finance industry will throw at them.
Starting with this concept, I am then able to accurately view and correctly value not only my possessions but, more importantly, human life itself. In principle, stewardship defines my purpose in this world as assigned to me by God Himself. It is my divinely given opportunity to join with God in His worldwide and eternal redemptive movement. Stewardship is not God taking something from me; it is His method of bestowing His richest gifts upon His people.
Around the world in Christian and secular circles we hear the word stewardship. Not only is stewardship one of the basic issues discussed in scripture, but it’s also something we neglect as something we need to concentrate on while going through our own Christian walk. We live in a society that is very individualistic, concentrating on whatever will bring pleasure and make us feel good. Stewardship definitely doesn’t fit into the way society is today. Before going to far into this, what exactly is stewardship? Stewardship is taking care of or managing every God-given resource with an attitude of responsibility directing such resources for his intended purposes. To truly understand stewardship, we need to first look at what God says in his
Ethics involve an individual's moral judgments concerning what is right and/or wrong. Individuals or groups of people are responsible for making decisions in an organization (shaw, 2008). Decisions within the organization are always emanate from the company's culture. However, the decision to act ethically and morally requires an individual judgment. Thus, members of staff are obligated to make decisions that reflect their right course of action (shaw, 2008). This involves rejecting the option that could lead to the greatest short-term gain. The leadership of most organizations stresses the need to adopt ethical behaviors and corporate social responsibility. Ethical dealings can earn the organization various benefits. For instance, it may attract more clients to the business thus boosting sales; employees could be motivated to stay longer in the organization thereby reducing recruitment expenditures. Ethical behaviors could also earn the business a favorable reputation that could attract investors. Categorically, a lack of social responsibility or unethical behavior may hurt the firm's reputation and scare away investors. Sales and profits could fall in the process.
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ethical approach can be taken in the best interests of the company. Again, to maintain a strong
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