¶ … Christian Faith If a person is a devout Christian, who practices his faith in all aspects of his life, how does his belief -- his doctrine -- allow him to interact in the secular world of business? I plan a career in business and I do not expect to be preaching to others at work or to become an evangelist or a missionary, and yet I hope to be a witness for my Christian faith without being intrusive into others' beliefs. This paper delves into the ways in which a Christian will keep his faith in a capitalistic world where money is often the only "god" that people seek.

How I will keep the faith in the vocation of my choice -- business

Harold L. Johnson explains an important point in the Harvard Business Review: "There are no blueprints, no simple rules to go by," when it comes to keeping the Christian faith in an often dog-eat-dog business world, Johnson writes. For the Christian, God is a "personal, transcendent Being whose nature is revealed" to the world through the life and times of Jesus Christ (Johnson, 1957). This concept is the necessarily belief for a Christian, but how does a person who sees God as a personal, transcendent -- a God who has created humans in his own image -- deal with the crassness and profit-motive obsessions in many business environments?

First of all, for the Christian businessman engaged in working towards goals that include profits, God should always be the "Absolute" power, shining brightly for those who know Him no matter where they work or what they do. In Mark 10:27, the Scripture explains that "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things...

What this Scripture is saying, Johnson explains, is that all things that have to do with business (including marketing, bookkeeping, HR, training staff, globalization and developing strategies) takes place "under the rule of God," and under the "judgment" of God (69).
But Johnson warns that some businessmen put man's values ahead of Christianity, and in effect the corporation replaces God in the mind of many businessmen. But the Scripture clearly states, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" (70). Hence, the first doctrine that has been referenced in this paper is that notwithstanding how important corporations are (in particular, to the millions of families whose income depends on successful business dealings); the people that make the corporation successful are made in the image of God. Mankind was created by God to "exert & #8230;force in the universe," and was given the "physical, intellectual, and moral capacities" for solving problems (Johnson, 71).

This next passage is very pertinent: "What is man that thou art mindful of him…yet thou hast made him little less than God, and dost crown him with glory and honor. Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hand" (Johnson, p. 71, quoting from Psalms 8:3-6). So doing well in business is solving problems, which is what God wants humans to do.

An article in the Journal of Business Ethics points out that there must be "spirituality" before one can truly embrace religion. Of course I am a religious person, and Christianity is the faith I practice. And in addition to my Christian faith (and the dogma I…