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Commissioning Service
St. Luke’s Institute
January 7, 2015
HIRING A FIRM ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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If
Jesus had hired the Jordan Management Consulting Firm to do an assessment of
the individuals he was to choose for the 12 positions of overseers of his
organization the report might have looked like this
DEAR SIR +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Dear
Sir: Thank you for submitting the resumes of the 12 men you’ve picked 4 management
positions. All have taken R battery of tests.
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We ran their results through our
national data base and also conducted personal interviews
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It is the staff opinion that most
of your nominees are lacking in aptitude for the type of enterprise you are
undertaking
TO BE SPECIFIC +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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To be specific, Peter is
emotionally unstable and given to fits of temper
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The two brothers, James and John,
place personal interest about company loyalty
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Thomas asks too many questions
that would tend to undermine morale
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Matthew has been blacklisted by
the Greater Jerusalem Better Business Bureau
JUDAS ISCARIOT +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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1 of candidates, however, shows
great potential
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He has a keen business sense &
knows many of the movers & shakers inside & outside community
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We recommend Judas Iscariot as
Deputy Director
AND PAUL ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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We also want to comment on the man
named Paul who came in as a late entry
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He is very boastful and so
compulsive that he would be difficult to work with
CONCLUSION ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Corinthians
makes clear that we are earthen vessels so that any good we are able to do is
the power of God
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The
Gospel of John states that our love of God is seen in how well we feed and care
for those God has entrusted to us
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We
have seen both that power and that love at work in Tom the past 6 months
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It
is time for others to witness it and with that we send him forth with our
blessing
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