“Then Elisha prayed and said, 'O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see…'”  Excerpt from 2 Kings 6:17 (ESV)

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Corner.

One morning, Elisha’s young servant went out first thing and saw the Syrian army surrounding Elisha’s home town. The servant was racked with fear and cried out to Elisha, “What will we do?” Elisha said, “Don’t be afraid.  There are more with us than are with them.”  Then Elisha prayed, "LORD, open this young man’s eyes.” The servant then saw mountain full of horses and chariots of fire!

As opposition mounts in our lives, fear not, the LORD - who is in us and with us - is greater than the hostility present in the world.

“Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” John 15:2

My name is Abraham Hamilton III and this is the Hamilton Minute.

No one likes to suffer difficult circumstances.  In this era of easy believe-ism it's often conveyed, “If life isn’t always smooth we’re doing something wrong.”

The Scripture teaches us, however, that our LORD often meets fruitful branches with additional pruning.  The pruning is not punishment.  It's actually to make us even more fruitful.

If you’re in a rough spot right now, take heart.  What may feel like the squeeze to end all squeezes could very well be the LORD’s pruning for additional fruitfulness.

When the LORD prunes us He does so for our good.

“By mercy and truth iniquity is purged; and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.” Proverbs 16:6 (KJV).

My name is Abraham Hamilton III and this is the Hamilton Minute.

We live in a day when churches are filled with people ready to hear and receive God’s mercy. Unfortunately, however, it is often accompanied by a de-emphasis or concealment of the truth of God’s Word.

Paul, the salvation-by-grace-through-faith Apostle, was asked if salvation is solely a product of grace what benefit then does the law provide. Paul responded, “Without the law, I wouldn’t have known God’s righteous standard and how far away from it I was.”

Any presentation of God’s mercy absent of God’s truth is no Gospel at all.

Iniquity is purged by mercy and truth.

Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens. Psalm 119:89 (ESV)

My name is Abraham Hamilton III, and this is the Hamilton Minute.

The American republic was founded on the principle that rights are given to us by God, not man.  As a result, men nor government can take them away. That’s why our Declaration of Independence refers to our rights as inalienable rights.

Government’s role then is to protect the rights that God has given to us.

The first freedom listed in the bill of rights, which government is entrusted to protect, is religious liberty.  The founders did this because they know that free exercise of religion is the fulcrum for all liberty.

Wherever the flame of religious liberty is extinguished, all liberty is imperiled.

“Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.” Psalm 127:3 (ESV).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

For some reason, Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers, was in Davos.

This is the same Weingarten who vehemently opposes the idea that children are best served when education is governed by those closest to the children: i.e. their parents.

But Weingarten has no problem whatsoever asking global elites to create curricula for all of the world’s children.

So, local and parental control is a bad move to Randi, but she is perfectly fine with global elites controlling education?!?!?!?!

No thank you! God entrusted children to their parents. Not to globalists.

“He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation.” Acts 17:26 (NASB95).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

President Trump and his administration dropped the hammer on the international elites at Davos.

After announcing “globalism has failed,” President Trump and his team stated candidly that the U.S. has been a blessing to the world and we haven’t asked for much in return.

Now, it is best for our nation and for the world for the U.S. to have Greenland. We won’t take it militarily. But we want it.

Shortly thereafter, President Trump announced a “framework” for a Greenland deal was in place.

“But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.” 2 Timothy 3:13 (NASB95).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

After decades of “global cooling” to “global warming” to “climate change” alarmism, Larry Fink and the World Economic Forum folks have cancelled the climate narrative.

Fink now says,

Data centers need massive amounts of stable power. They can’t rely on intermittent and unstable energy sources like wind and solar.

So, in one moment, the entire climate crisis is cancelled? By the very folks that fomented it? Kinda suspect if you ask me.

It’s almost like the agenda had nothing to do with “climate” in the first place. It’s almost like the true agenda was and is CONTROL.

“But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed!” Galatians 1:8 (NASB95).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

Atheist historian and philosopher Yuval Harari advised the World Economic Forum crowd in a manner that is not often shared publicly. He said,

The most important thing to learn is that AI is not just another tool… AI is a knife than can decide by itself whether to cut salad or to murder.

He then went on to say “AIs have already learned to lie and manipulate” and that “AI will take over law and religion.”

The truth of God’s Word, however, endures forever.

“Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, "Up, get out of this place, for the LORD will destroy the city." But he appeared to his sons-in-law to be jesting.” Genesis 19:14 (NASB95).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

At the very moment Lot sought to warn his sons-in-law about God’s looming destruction of Sodom with a message that would literally save their lives, the sons-in-law dismissed Lot as a joke.

What type of life did Lot live before those men that led them to disregard him so?

What we sometimes fail to realize is that the lives we live before people is what gives weight to our words.

Weighty lives produce weighty words.

“Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, 'Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.' This is a desert place” Acts 8:26.

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

At the height of a Holy Spirit outpouring in Samaria, where the Gospel was being preached with great power and droves of people were converting to follow Christ, the LORD instructed Philip to leave Samaria and head south to Gaza.

Philip didn’t know a divine appointment awaited him.

Through his ministry to the Ethiopian Eunuch, the Gospel would spread to Africa.

He left the crowd. To serve one.

I call this step down faith. It's easy to step up for the attention and applause of the masses, but do we have step down faith?

There were added that day about 3000 souls.

My name is Abraham Hamilton III and this is the Hamilton Minute.

The day of Pentecost concluded with 3000 converts being added to the initial body of 120 believers.  Then that 3120 spent time together daily going to the temple and interacting in each other’s homes. They devoted themselves continually to the apostle’s teaching, fellowship, sharing meals together and praying together.

The 3120 that made up the early church came from Turkey, the middle east and Africa, and included Arabs and Romans.  In addition to the geographic and ethnic diversity, they also spoke different languages.  Yet they were made one family in Christ Jesus.

Scripture has the answer to the issues we face today.

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For just as the body is one and has many members and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For the body does not consist of one member but of many 1 Corinthians 12:12, 14 (ESV).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

Look briefly at one of your fingers. You’ve just witnessed one of the greatest displays of God’s creative intent there is. No other person in all the world, even an identical twin, shares your fingerprint.

God specifically designed each of us to be unique. That means we shouldn’t try to carbon copy anyone else in the Christian faith.

If God made you an arm in His body or a kneecap, praise be to our glorious God for drawing us to become a part of His body.

How freeing it is to realize that we were never meant to copy anyone – but Jesus.

“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked rule, the people mourn.” Proverbs 29:2 (KJV).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

Federal Courts, other than the United States Supreme Court, were created by Congress according to Article III of the U.S. Constitution. Pursuant to our system of checks and balances, Congress is the branch of our federal government that has the authority to check the federal judiciary.

With the prevalence of activists on the federal bench, Congress must use its impeachment power to reign in rogue jurists.

To that end, I rejoiced to read Senator Ted Cruz’ letter to Speaker Johnson, urging Congress take action against Judges James Boasberg and Deborah Boardman. Our Republic requires it.

“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked rule, the people mourn.” Proverbs 29:2 (KJV).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

According to international missions organizations, the largest number people newly coming faith in Christ in the last 20 years has been in Iran. It is also true that the American Revolution followed The Great Awakening.

At this very moment, following Operation Absolute Resolve in Venezuela, protests against the brutal Islamic dictatorship in Iran have broken out all over the country.

Could we be witnessing a national political movement that is an outgrowth of spiritual transformation occurring on the ground there? Time will tell. Please pray for the people of Iran and pray for the United States of America.

“Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” 2 Timothy 3:12 (NASB95).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

Who knew you could be sued in the U.S. for being a Christian ministry that hires Christians to work in the ministry? Enter Washington State and its Human Rights Commission.

Yakima Union Gospel Mission spreads the gospel of Jesus Christ through its homeless shelter, addiction-recovery programs, meal services, and health clinics. It also requires employees to agree with Christian doctrine and practices, including abstaining from any sexual conduct outside of biblical marriage between one man and one woman.

Washington sued them, arguing their hiring stance violates the state’s nondiscrimination law.

Thankfully, the 9th Circuit Court rejected the state’s absurd argument.

The LORD hates “A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil.” Excerpted from Proverbs 6:16, 18 (NASB95).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

With a razor thin majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, the 2026 midterm elections are a high stakes battle for President Trump and the GOP. Unfortunately, that pressure resulted in President Trump surprisingly urging Republican lawmakers during their annual policy retreat to be “flexible on Hyde.”

To be clear, “flexibility” on Hyde means Republicans should allow taxpayer money to be spent on abortions. Republicans caving on that is certain to backfire. Funding what God has called abominable is a formula for destruction. Thankfully, it seems that idea was rejected immediately.

“For a harlot is a deep pit And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.” Proverbs 23:27 (NASB95).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

It’s heartbreaking to write this. 2025 included several instances of Christian ministers disqualifying themselves due to moral failure. We’ve just stepped into 2026 and its happening this year too already.

In writing to the Romans, Paul said “There is no fear of God in their eyes” (Romans 3:18). If the Body of Christ is to be effective in executing our LORD’s commission in our nation it will only happen as our lives demonstrate consistency with the truth we profess.

May our LORD restore in His Bride a tangible, palpable, holy reverence for Him.

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward” Hebrews 10:35 (ESV).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

Sometimes there’s a delay between crying out to God in prayer and seeing those prayers answered.

It is imperative for us in those times that we don’t waver in our confidence in our God.

The next verse goes on to say, “For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.” Hebrews 10:36 (ESV).

You see, the delay between supplication and delivered answer is one of the ways God develops endurance in us.

He desires that the roots of our faith grow down deep, that we become trees planted by rivers of living water … steadfast, immovable, always abounding in His work. In this we grow beyond superficial Christianity.

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

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

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.