...Topic: The Power of Sacrifice. Text: Genesis 22:2 “And he said take now thy son,thy only son Isaac whom thou lovest ,and get thee into the land of Moriah and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountain which I will tell thee of” Title: Power of Sacrifice. Introduction: From Genesis to Revelation the Bible speaks of sacrifice. There is plenty of proof in the bible that sacrifice brings power and lack of it of course, will cause us to walk a powerless Christian life. We must be willing to sacrifice time, sleep, food and all other comforts in order to advance the kingdom of God. Without sacrifice we will not see the power of God that belongs to us in the measure we should see it. Paul says in Romans 12 that God wants our bodies to be living sacrifices to Him. Sacrifice is something that costs, hurts, and doesn’t come easy. Sacrifice with other biblical giving is commanded by God. What is a Sacrifice? 1. Sacrifice is an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else. 2. It is offering to God, honor without looking back. 3. It is surrendering something to somebody without expecting a return .a possession as an offering to God or to a divine or supernatural figure What can we give as Sacrifice to God? As we have seen, Sacrifice means to give up things which we love and hold dear (2 Samuel 24 vs 24) The things may be tangible and concrete or intangible and abstract. Examples are: 1. Time. 2. Praises and...
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...War usually tells us a story that is about death, violence, brutality and tragedy faced by the soldiers that are sent to the battlefield. However, war doesn’t only tell that story, but rather looks at the survival and sacrifices that soldiers must face in order to survive – and uncovers the true reality of war. This can be seen in selected stories from Tim O’Brien’s novel the things they carried and Wilfred Owen’s WWI poem Dulce Est decorum. Through the individual stories the man I killed and the things they carried, we are able to explore how the author struggles to deal with the effects of war, surviving through the guilt and heartache of expected murder and sacrificing individual dreams in order to keep his team safe. Similarly, Owen’s poem explores how individuals have to survive through the ghastly environments associated with war at the cost of individual lives. Both texts reveal how men at war are forced to sacrifice their hopes and dreams in order to survive the demands of war. In Tim O’Brien’s novel, the things they carried, the composer gives us an insight into the mindset and the emotional depth of soldiers in war, and the difficult sacrifices needed to make in order to survive. The theme of sacrifice is most evident in the chapter the things they carried, as the main character Jimmy Cross faces a moral dilemma; to either sacrifice his dreams, or to sacrifice the safety of his team, after the death of Ted Lavender in which he felt responsible for. The quote “He had...
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...Success Success. That one thing which we all fantasize about. Whether it’s having heaps of money or even getting an E in this speech. We all want it. But what do we need to do? Well, listen up. By wanting to be successful more, sacrificing and persevering, you can make the impossible, possible. How about I start with a story: Once upon a time, there was a man who went to a Guru to find out how to become successful. So the Guru said: “If you want to be successful I’ll meet you tomorrow at the beach at 4:00am.” Although, the beach was a weird place to find success, the man was ready the next day at 4:00am. The Guru says to him: “Go into the water!” So he goes - Ankle deep. “Go further!” he said. So he did - Waist deep. And further and further, until the water was up to his mouth. Then suddenly the Guru grabs the man’s head and shoves it under water. The man was struggling; he had almost drowned, until finally… the Guru let him go. The guru asked the man, “What did you want to do most when you were held underwater? BREATHE. See, when you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful. But I’m here to tell you that, most of you want to be successful but you don’t want it bad. You don’t want it as bad as you want to game, or as bad as you want to be cool. And you definitely don’t want it as bad as you want to watch TV. But if you’re going to be successful, you have to give up all of these things. That’s right… SACRIFICE... When I was researching...
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...Would you sacrifice something special or important for someone? Would you give your life for someone? Darry gave up his college and athletics for Ponyboy to go to school, get to college and get a scholarship.In the book The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, it shows that true friends sacrifice for each other and would risk their lives for each other. When The Outsiders first starts, it shows how Ponyboy, Darry, and Soda are brothers. They don’t get along that well, but when something bad happens to one of them, they sacrifice for each other. They are poor and the society calls them “greasers” because they use grease in their hair. Their education and money is really bad. The other group that is wealthy is called the “Socs”. The society thinks that the socs are better than the greasers because of their money and looks. However, they don’t see their feelings, unlike greasers.Greasers will sacrifice for one another. Something that the socs don’t know and don’t do. In the book it talked about Dally giving Johnny and Ponyboy 50 dollars and a gun so they can escape even though he knew that if the police found out that he gave a gun to 2 kids that are immature, Dally would have gone to jail for a long time. (60).This shows that Dally is sacrificing his life being in jail for 2 kids because he cared about them and he wanted them to have a better life than the one they were having.Dally didn’t care if he was in jail, because he didn’t have a good future and his life was bad, but Johnny and...
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...The sacrificial offerings of Leviticus are not insignificant, primitive, or barbaric. God carefully devised them as teaching tools to those under the Old Covenant, who looked forward to the full revelation of the object of His law, and to those of us under the New Covenant, who look back on it. There are five different kinds of offerings given within the first 6 chapters of Leviticus. Beyond this the first seventeen chapters of Leviticus are devoted to explaining the occasions for, and the correct procedures to be followed in, sacrifice. It is clear then that Sacrifice is important to Leviticus’ presentation of Israel’s worship. We will look at the five types of worship and summaries for each of them, why they play an important part. The burnt sacrifice shown in Leviticus one is the most important of all the sacrifices offered to God. This is mainly because it expressed dedication. This sacrifice, unlike any other, was wholly consumed and is also described as the whole burnt offering. Offerings would be graded in value so that even the poorest worshippers might find access to God by coming in complete devotion. The sacrifices signified that the whole of man, for whom the sacrifice was offered, was to be entirely offered or devoted to God's service. It is amusing that the meat offering in Leviticus 2 was the one offering that did not consist of meat. The proper translation is “meal offering,” which would be an offering of grain or cereals made of fine flour. The word...
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...Think about how noble sacrifices are defined! Now think about what are the defining components justifying noble sacrifices that qualify heroes. This article is going to explain each component, the justification, and how the heroes help shown these components. The main components are helping others without a direct need to, when the hero gives up something extremely valuable, and peaceful intentions. An element of noble sacrifice is helping others with a direct need to. Mr.Grishchenko flying his helicopter over the exploding, radioactive reactor to dump concrete over the fire wasn’t required by any circumstance. Mr.Grishchenko did it out of pure generosity, and what did he get out of it? A terrible disease and radiation that ended up killing him. The elders that helped with the reactor in japan by all means could’ve sat by and acted helpless towards the whole disaster. Instead they went in and helped clean the site, raised awareness, and even earned money for the disaster with a charity found. They did all this just to help the future generates have a better life. Both of these are selfless acts for someone else to live a better life. Never the less, another key component to justify noble sacrifice is giving something of extremely high value to the hero. Irena Sendler gave up a lot of income to help the Jewish people escape before the Nazi party members captured them. She even gave up her freedom just to help get those Jewish people to a safe place. Kate told Anna that...
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...A sacrifice is a loss or something you give up. Most of these sacrifices usually bring about better causes. Through these sacrifices, we can also depict an individual’s values or ideals. Many authors use these characters in order to provide a deeper understanding of the connotation of the story. In The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch’s sacrifice helps to illuminate his altruistic behavior, providing the reader about a profound, awe-inspiring tale of the decisions he makes with his limited amount of time left to offer to the world. Randy’s most influential sacrifice he made throughout his life was to spend his time writing his “last lecture,” which helps to irradiate his values as an individual. For example, at one point of Randy’s life, he was told...
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...AGRESI DAN ALTRUISME A. Pengertian Agresi Aksi-aksi kekerasan dapat terjadi di mana saja, seperti di jalan-jalan, di sekolah, bahkan di kompleks-kompleks perumahan. Aksi tersebut dapat berupa kekerasan verbal (mencaci maki) maupun kekerasan fisik (memukul, meninju, dll). Pada kalangan remaja aksi yang biasa dikenal sebagai tawuran pelajar/masal merupakan hal yang sudah terlalu sering kita saksikan, bahkan cenderung dianggap biasa. Hal yang terjadi pada saat tawuran sebenarnya adalah perilaku agresi dari seorang individu atau kelompok. Agresi itu sendiri menurut Murray (dalam Hall & Lindzey, Psikologi kepribadian, 1993) didefinisikan sebagai suatu cara untuk melawan dengan sangat kuat, berkelahi, melukai, menyerang, membunuh,atau menghukum orang lain. Atau secara singkatnya agresi adalah tindakan yang dimaksudkan untuk melukai orang lain atau merusak milik orang lain. Agresi merupakan perilaku yang dimaksudkan menyakiti orang lain, baik secara fisik maupun psikis (Baron & Byrne, 1994; Brehm & Kassin, 1993; Brigham, 1991). Dalam hal ini, jika menyakiti orang lain karena unsur ketidaksengajaan, maka perilaku tersebut bukan dikategorikan perilaku agresi. Rasa sakit akibat tindakan medis misalnya, walaupun sengaja dilakukan bukan termasuk agresi. Sebaliknya, niat menyakiti orang lain tetapi tidak berhasil, hal ini dapat dikatakan sebagai perilaku agresi. Pengertian agresi merujuk pada perilaku yang dimaksudkan untuk membuat objeknya mengalami bahaya atau kesakitan. Juga agresi adalah...
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...Edisi Juli 2012 Volume VI No. 1-2 ISSN 1979-8911 KEWIRAUSAHAAN-SOSIAL BERBASIS ORGANISASI MASYARAKAT (ORMAS) (Studi Analisis mengenai Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Ummat atas Unit Usaha-Sosial Persis, NU, dan Muhammadiyah di Kabupaten Garut) Deden Suparman Abstrak Globalization has accelerated development grow twisted science, technology, and business. However, the acceleration of development is not accompanied by equity. Community with one another, or one person with another person has entered the dilemma of social inequality that was incredible. This is caused by business practices that are not responsible, development projects that are not effective, and poor government policies, making development efforts more difficult inclusive, and the increasingly adverse impact on the environment, social injustice and bring economic social conflicts and political. Management rules of social organization is no different from the management of business organizations, except the vision and mission, which is characterized by social interests. A management expert, Peter Drucker in his book Innovation and Entrepreneurship (1985), based on his observations in America, concluded that there has been an inevitable shift from conventional economic management to the management of social economy. For example, in terms of employment. Examples of cases in job creation in business organizations, and even reduce its workforce, while the social organization of small and medium scale became a provider of new jobs...
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...CHAPTER The Foundations of Entrepreneurship Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 1 The World of the Entrepreneur Every year U.S. entrepreneurs launch 550,000 new businesses. Entrepreneurial spirit - the most significant economic development in recent history. GEM study: 18.7% of adult population in the U.S. is actively involved in trying to start a new business. Ch. 1: The Foundations of Entrepreneurship Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 1-2 Dunia kewirausahaan Tiap tahun wirausahawan di AS meluncurkan 550.000 usaha baru Semangat kewirausahaan – perkembangan ekonomi yang paling signifikan dalam sejarah Penelitian GEM : 18,7% orang dewasa di AS secara aktif berusaha menciptakan bisnis baru. baru. Ch. 1: The Foundations of Entrepreneurship Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 1-3 Ch. 1: The Foundations of Entrepreneurship Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 1-4 The World of the Entrepreneur Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) study reports: Men are twice as likely to start a business as women. Most entrepreneurs turn to family members and friends for capital. Entrepreneurs are most likely to launch businesses when they are between the ages of 25 and 44. Ch. 1: The Foundations of Entrepreneurship Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 1-5 Dunia kewirausahaan Hasil penelitian GEM : Pria memiliki kecenderungan dua kali lebih besar dari perempuan untuk memulai usaha. usaha. Kebanyakan wirausaha akan...
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...TOPIKAL PAPER Social Environment ANALISIS PENGARUH SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT TERHADAP PENGAMBILAN KEPUTUSAN BISNIS HASNUR GROUP Pengajar: Avin Fadilla, M.Si., Dr. Sylvia Kartika Dhamayanti 14/374749/PEK/19866 EKSEKUTIF B ANGKATAN 28 C PROGRAM STUDI MAGISTER MANAJEMEN FAKULTAS EKONOMIKA DAN BISNIS UNIVERSITAS GADJAH MADA JAKARTA 2015 I. PENDAHULUAN 1. Latar Belakang Dalam dunia bisnis, para pelaku bisnis yang terjun di dalamnya tidak dapat menghindari permasalahan ketidakpastian yang bisa ditimbulkan dari berbagai hal. Bisnis sebagai suatu entitas, terbentuk di tengah-tengah lingkungan bisnis, yang secara otomatis akan berusaha beradaptasi dengan lingkungannya melalui cara-caranya dalam bertindak agar dapat diterima. Kemampuan beradaptasi organisasi akan menentukan kesuksesan atau kegagalan suatu bisnis. Salah satu aspek dari lingkungan bisnis adalah lingkungan sosial. Lingkungan sosial mempunyai arti yang sangat penting dalam dunia bisnis. Apabila kondisi lingkungan sosial kondusif (mendukung), maka kondisi tersebut akan mendorong pelaku bisnis untuk melakukan investasi pada lingkungan yang dirasakannya sesuai. Namun jika yang terjadi kondisi sebaliknya, maka organisasi harus lebih berhati-hati dalam mempertimbangkan keputusannya untuk berinvestasi. Lingkungan sosial sangat mempengaruhi seorang pebisnis dalam menciptakan peluang usaha. Pebisnis yang jeli akan melihat peluang bisnis berdasarkan faktor sosial yang ditemukan dalam masyarakat...
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...The Dissolution of Ethical Decision-Making in Organizations: A Comprehensive Review and Model Ralph W. Jackson, Charles M. Wood. James J. Zboja Abstrak Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menyajikan faktor utama yang menyebabkan pemutusan etika dalam suatu organisasi. Secara khusus, menggambarkan berbagai spektrum sumber, penelitian ini mengeksplorasi dampak organisasi, individual, dan faktor kontekstual yang bergabung untuk berkontribusi dalam pembubaran etika. Mengakui bahwa etika keputusan, dalam analisis akhir, yang dibuat oleh individu, Penelitian ini menyajikan model pembubaran etika yang memberikan wawasan tentang bagaimana sejumlah elemen bergabung untuk menarik individu ke dalam keputusan yang mengakibatkan kehancuran etika dari suatu organisasi yang sehat. Enron, Tyco dan WorldCom tidak terjadi dalam kekosongan. Tidak bisa debacles seperti penjelasan sederhana satu atau dua individu yang merusak secara moral. Pemutusan etika yang terjadi di perusahaan-perusahaan ini terjadi selama periode waktu, melibatkan berbagai individu baik di dalam dan luar organisasi, dan membawa ledakan itu perusahaan dari layak. Yang ingin memperluas hasil karya penelitian sebelumnya, penelitian ini mencoba mengaitkan bersama untuk menetapkan dari fator yang berbeda menjadi keterangan kohesif pemutusan etika dalam organisasi. Pendahuluan Contoh perilaku tidak etis dan perusahaan yang ilegal sudah di mana-mana dan melegenda. Sedangkan beberapa kali contoh seperti Enron, Tyco, WorldCom...
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...Tawuran, Wujud Implementasi Solidaritas Posted on September 29, 2012by f.nugroho setelah berita salah mengenai rohis, kini pemberitaan media kembali menyasar kepada aksi siswa sekolah. kali ini mengenai tawuran yang kembali memakan korban dari sesama pelajar. tidak seperti tawuran yang terjadi sebelumya, kali ini pemberitaan mengenai tawuran begitu gencar hingga berbagai pihak terseret perhatiannya bahkan menteri pendidikan pun sampai turun menemui pelaku pembacokan tawuran. sebenarnya berita tawuran bukanlah berita yang baru bahkan bisa dikatakan berita basi tapi dikemas ulang sehingga terlihat baru. kasus tawuran bukan hanya terjadi di dunia anak sekolah, tapi juga di banyak tempat misal supporter bola, penonton pentas musik, antar warga, dan lain sebagainya. saya bukan pelaku tawuran, tapi sedikit mendengar dari sekitar mengenai fenomena tawuran yang sering terjadi. tawuran bukanlah kejadian spontan tapi sudah menjadi kebutuhan atau bahkan gaya hidup/life style. pernah suatu kali saya berbincang dengan salah seorang supporter bola (tapi kini secara keseluruhan supporter telah berubah), dia mengatakan bahwa nonton bola tanpa tawuran itu tidak asyik. dengan demikian, niat dari nonton bola selain mendukung tim kesayangannya, tapi juga melakukan perlawanan fisik dalam bentuk tawuran. untuk lebih lanjut silakan nonton film “Romeo dan Juliet” versi sepakbola Indonesia. demikian pula kejadian di sekolah, sekolah adalah tempat yang sangat kondusif untuk hidup berkelompok baik kelompok...
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...ETIKA DALAM PEMASARAN Pasar adalah suatu tempat dimana para penjual dan pembeli bertemu melakukan transaksi jual beli barang, atau tempat dimana orang-orang menjual dan membeli barang atau jasa. Dalam dunia pemasaran perlu dijalankan suatu aturan atau etika bagi perusahaanperusahaan dalam memasarkan produk atau jasa mereka dengan maksud tercapainya kondisi persaingan yang sehat. Hal ini semakin ditekankan dengan munculnya kasus-kasus seperti praktek monopoli (anti kompetitif) dan oligopoli oleh beberapa perusahaan besar di dunia yang dianggap merusak persaingan pasar dan merugikan banyak pihak. Kasus yang muncul antara lain : − Perusahaan Microsoft dituduh sebagai perusahaan anti kompetitif dengan memonopoli pasar browser web sehingga didenda milyaran dolar sebagai hukuman atas tuduhan penyalahgunaan kekuatan monopoli. − Eksekutif LG Display Korea Selatan dan beberapa kandidat dari empat perusahaan pembuat panel TFT-LCD lainnya didakwa dalam konspirasi memainkan harga, yang merupakan kecurangan serius dan merugikan hampir semua rumah tangga di AS selaku konsumer produk tersebut. − Presdir sebuah perusahaan ready mix di Iowa AS divonis bersalah atas keterlibatannya dengan kompetitor dalam konspirasi mencurangi harga penawaran semen . − Eksekutif perusahaan kargo Qantas Airways Limited didakwa atas keterlibatannya dalam mencurangi rate harga muatan kargo. − Direktur penjualan sebuah perusahaan pabrikan CDT Taiwan di San Fransisco dinyatakan bersalah atas konspirasi mencurangi...
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...Asia Tengah adalah kawasan yang terdiri dari lima negara, yaitu Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, dan Kazakhstan. Kelima negara ini adalah negara pecahan dari Uni Soviet. Setelah Perang Dingin berakhir, kelima negara ini kemudian memisahkan dirinya dari Uni Soviet dan menyatakan kemerdekaannya masing-masing di tahun 1991. Masing-masing negara di Asia Tengah memiliki karakteristik geografis yang berbeda-beda. Tajikistan, Kirgistan, dan Uzbekistan termasuk ke dalam kategori landlocked countries, sedangkan Turkmenistan dan Kazakhstan berbatasan langsung dengan Laut Kaspia. Perbedaan karakteristik geografis ini berdampak pada perbedaan sumber daya yang dimiliki oleh masing-masing negara, dimana Turkmenistan dan Kazakhstan yang berbatasan langsung dengan Laut Kaspia memiliki akses minyak bumi dan gas alam yang terdapat disitu. Sedangkan Uzbekistan meskipun tidak berbatasan secara langsung dengan kawasan tersebut, tapi negara ini memiliki gas alam dalam jumlah yang cukup besar. Terlepas dari perbedaan-perbedaan tersebut, kawasan ini juga mempunyai beberapa kesamaan, diantaranya bentuk pemerintahannya yang sama-sama republik dengan pemerintah yang bersifat otoriter, serta pola perdagangannya yang sama-sama tidak menjadikan negara-negara di kawasan tersebut sebagai major trading partners. Regionalisme merupakan fenomena umum yang terdapat di dunia pada beberapa waktu terakhir. Tidak ada wilayah di dunia yang tidak memiliki kerjasama regional, perbedaannya hanya terletak...
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