The Hamilton Corner

“And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”  Matthew 15:14(b) (ESV).

Some of the most important words uttered in President Trump’s speech in Saudi Arabia were when he said “Religious leaders must make this absolutely clear… if you choose the path of terror, your life will be empty, your life will be brief, and your SOUL WILL BE CONDEMNED” (caps in original text).

Bold statement to make, especially in Saudi Arabia.

The question is, what do Muslim religious leaders think.  Is it the Manchester murderer or the Manchester martyr?

Countless potential jihad victims await the answer.

“And this day shall be unto you for a memorial.”  Excerpted from Exodus 12:14  (KJV).

Three years after the Civil War ended, the head of an organization of Union veterans established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers.

Decoration Day has now come to be known as Memorial Day, the day we honor those military members who have given their lives to secure our nation’s freedoms.

As we honor them, let’s pray for our military members.  In addition to their physical safety let us also pray for their spiritual and eternal well-being.

“And this day shall be unto you for a memorial.”  Excerpted from Exodus 12:14  (KJV).

Three years after the Civil War ended, the head of an organization of Union veterans established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers.

Decoration Day has now come to be known as Memorial Day, the day we honor those military members who have given their lives to secure our nation’s freedoms.

As we honor them, let’s pray for our military members.  In addition to their physical safety let us also pray for their spiritual and eternal well-being.

Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?”

At the climax of the account when Jesus restored Peter’s personal relationship with him, and Peter’s call to ministry, He saw John following them.

Jesus had just predicted that Peter would give his life for the Gospel, when Peter said, “What about John, LORD?”

Jesus responded, “What does he have to do with your calling? You follow me.”

With those words, Jesus hit a consistent flaw of the human condition.  We derive value and self-worth by comparing ourselves to other people.

Your ups, your downs, your failures, your victories were never meant to be compared to other people.

We have been called to serve an audience of One. The only approval you need is His.

“Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known” Luke 12:2 (ESV).

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller has been appointed as Special Counsel by the Department of Justice to oversee the federal investigation into Russian interference with our election.

It is worth noting that Bill Clinton’s ultimate impeachment started with the appointment of “independent counsel” to investigate the Clintons’ financial chicanery the Whitewater Development Corporation.

All I’m saying is that this could end up far away from Russia with investigations into all sorts of things, perhaps illegal intelligence community leaks.

Be careful what you wish for.

“Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything more than this comes from evil.”  Hosea 4:6 (ESV).

A nuclear scientist, born in Italy now working for our government in D.C., was crowned Miss USA.

But, she crossed the P.C. line during the pageant when she was asked whether healthcare was a privilege or a right.  Kara McCullough, Miss USA, clearly and unequivocally said that it was a privilege.

Predictably, the leftist keyboard warriors went bonkers.

Next thing you know Miss USA is on TV walking it back.

Independent thought is now criminal, punishable by societal condemnation.

“Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds” 2 Timothy 4:14 (ESV).

There’s a bi-partisan effort underway in the Senate to overhaul Obamacare.    Republican Senators Bill Cassidy and Susan Collins are leading the way.  They refuse to consider the Swamp-Care bill passed in the House.

But, what happened to the 6 previous bills the House voted on to outright repeal the Obama-strosity?

It’s easy to deceive the American people when you know there’s no real chance at repeal because Obama is President

It’s crystallizing now that there are swamp monsters on both sides of the aisle.

"Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female." Matthew 19:4 (ESV).

Albert McMahon Elementary School in Canada has banned Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.

In the letter announcing the cancellation the school explained celebrating moms and dads would be insensitive to “students in non-traditional families.”

So, to “celebrate diversity, inclusivity and to nurture those students” Mother’s Day and Father’s Day must go into the trash heap.

The end of this insanity is the complete destruction of the biological distinction and complementarity between men and women… to mar the Imago Dei.

“And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”  John 8:32 (ESV).

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on President Trump’s temporary immigration suspension order.

During the argument Judge Paul Niemeyer questioned the ACLU lawyer.

Judge Niemeyer asked “if a different candidate had won the election and then issued this order” would it be constitutional?

After a bit of verbal squirming the ACLU lawyer admitted, “Yes, it would be constitutional.”

Evidence, that the issue is not the Constitution.  It’s Trump.  The political elite cannot allow a successful President Trump.  So, they must destroy him.

“And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God”0 Psalm 122:6 (ESV).

Democrat Congress members have introduced the “Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act.”  It classifies any Biblical counseling or reparative therapy concerning sexual confusion as fraudulent and illegal.

If gender is fluid and sexuality exists on a spectrum, how could therapy that facilitates change be fraudulent?

If a person has unwanted same-sex attraction, can’t that change too?

I guess “fluid” only flows in one direction.

Her children arise and call her blessed, her husband also, he praises her.  Proverbs 31:28.

Society has made great sport of twisting femininity to celebrate everything but motherhood.

To be a mother, is the grandest vocation there is.  No one being has a position of such power and influence.  You, mother, hold in your hands the destiny of nations.

You are the bedrock of the greatest building program known to man—erecting a strong family and multi-generational legacy of faithfulness to our King.

Your home is your sculpturing studio. But, you are not molding clay, stone, or paper mache. You are shaping flesh and blood.  As your children are molded in the ways of God, by the power of Holy Spirit, you are sculpturing nothing less than bearers of God’s glorious image.

Motherhood is nation building!!!  Mothers, I salute you.

“So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped” Numbers 16:47-48 (ESV).

Often, when the concept of intercession is raised, we normally think about prayer and we should. Prayer is one form of intercession.

Here, we see another – living intercession.

At the climax of a plague, Aaron runs into the fray, armed with incense, and where he stands, the plague stops. Aaron literally stands between the living and the dead.

May God move us to be living intercessors for our day, and where we take our stand in Christ, the plague stops!

“For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.”  Luke 8:17 (ESV).

In the weeks following her father’s inauguration Ivanka Trump secretly met with Planned Parenthood’s president to strategize on abortion.

Ivanka suggested Planned Parenthood break into two groups, one that didn’t perform abortions and one that did to protect the $500 million/year they get from the taxpayers.

Planned Parenthood thought Ivanka’s advice was naive, failing to understand how central abortion is to their business.

Can we finally stop the charade that Planned Parenthood does more than abortion?

“The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.”  Psalm 37:30 (ESV).

In addition to discovering $500 Billion in accounting errors at HUD, Dr. Ben Carson has made another major move.

Using an ignored 1968 law Dr. Carson will require contractors who build HUD funded projects to hire people from the very communities to do the work.

The projects are announced well in advance, which provides sufficient time to train and employ people from those neighborhoods.

Dr. Carson said, that way we aren’t just getting people into public housing.  We’re equipping them with the tools to get out of it.

“Those who carried burdens were loaded in such a way that each labored on the work with one hand and held his weapon with the other.” Nehemiah 4:17b (ESV)

As Nehemiah rebuilt the walls, the workers had a tool in one hand and a sword in the other. They stayed ready to fight, if necessary, as they worked.

While we drown in a pool of endless political correctness and a refusal to identify Islamic terrorism, ISIS has announced the launch of its own currency.

According to the Quran, only gold and silver should be used as exchange currencies. Thus, the ISIS currency will consist of gold, silver, and copper coins.

The back of their highest-value gold coins contains an image of the entire world, which represents the caliphate goal of global domination.

“Immediately He made the disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowds.”  Matthew 14:22

Here Jesus instructed His disciples to cross a lake and meet Him on the other side of it. As they went, they were met by a violent wind storm that halted their progress.

Often in our Christian lives we receive clear instruction from the LORD, only to be met by an obstacle that halts our progress. We must, however, recognize that the onset of a storm does not cancel out God’s instructions.

Halted progress does not equal denied destination.

When Jesus directed the disciples to go the other side He absolutely meant for them to get there.

Delay does not equal denial.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8 (ESV).

The National Union of Teachers, a British Teachers’ Union, which goes by the acronym NUT called on the British Parliament to teach transgender and LGBTQ issues to children, beginning at 2 years old.

They are proposing compulsory “sex and relationship education” in all UK schools beginning in nursery schools.

As if that weren’t enough, the NUTs, their acronym not mine, want to make sure parents cannot opt their children out of the compulsory sex and relationship education.

Did I mention they want to start this with 2 year olds…

“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”  John 14:6 (ESV).

After the outgoing Pomona College President sent a school-wide email rebuking the actions of violent thugs’ attempt to shut down conservative journalist Heather MacDonald’s speech there, several students wrote a letter openly labeling truth as a “racist myth.”

The students went on to reject the idea that there is a “single truth” as a “Euro-Western concept aimed at silencing oppressed peoples.”

This is what happens when Darwinism, post-modernism and moral relativism dominate society.

“For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”  Matthew 12:34 (ESV).

Facebook has encouraged its staff to participate in anti-Trump protests.  They said, Facebook “is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where employees feel comfortable expressing their opinions and speaking up.”

Facebook even threatened contractors to make sure sub-contractors are able to join the protests.

All of this begs the question, if Facebook is so committed to having their employees and others who do work for them to protest against President Donald Trump how likely is it that they are genuinely neutral concerning content on their platform?