Christmas Bonuses
December 19, 2019
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The Hamilton Minute is a power packed 60 seconds where we tackle the issues of the day through the lens of God’s Word. You don’t want to miss a moment of it.
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35.
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Edward St. John, owner and founder of St. John Properties, created a $10 million Christmas bonus money pool for his 198 employees.
Each employee, including the maintenance staff, receptionists, brokers, and executives, received a Christmas bonus check.
The bonuses averaged $50,000 per employee with some bonuses reaching the $250,000 and $270,000 mark. The bonuses were awarded based on the length of time each person has worked for the company.
The employees cried in exuberant joy saying this bonus changed their lives forever.
What wonderful generosity from Mr. St. John.
I doubt you see these types of Christmas bonuses given in a socialist country.
“The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.” Proverbs 18:17.
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has won a thumping majority in Britain’s Parliament.
The decisive outcome to a Brexit dominated election will allow Johnson to fulfill his plan to remove Britain from the EU on January 31st.
Despite the English’s media’s predictions to the contrary, the election delivered the largest conservative majority since the Margaret Thatcher era.
Many regressive pundits frothed at prospect of England having its first openly Marxist Prime Minister in Jeremy Corbin predicted and Corbin’s election indicated what would happen in America in 2020.
But the Brits rejected Communist Corbin. Freedom won!
“So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well.” John 12:10.
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
After Jesus resurrected Lazarus his and Lazarus’ fame spread. They already planned to kill Jesus. But now, because Lazarus was tangible evidence of Jesus’ resurrection power, the chief priests and Pharisees plotted to kill Lazarus too.
They never worried about Lazarus before. But now, because he is a walking billboard of Christ’s power, they want him dead too.
This, brothers and sisters, is why many come against you. It isn’t personal, but Satanic forces can’t stand your representation of God’s power to transform lives.
That’s why we rejoice when we’re slandered for His namesake. Christ’s power is on display.
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God – what is good and acceptable and perfect” Romans 12:2 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Paul’s epistle to the Romans was written to believers. This verse highlights the fact that it’s possible for Christians to be conformed to the world’s ways.
The word “conformed” there means to be squeezed into the mold of another. Rather than to be squeezed into the world’s mold, the Lord requires us to be transformed by having our minds renewed by God’s Word.
Everything about us must be held up to the light of Scripture. And whenever there’s any discrepancy, we must be transformed.
“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you.” Matthew 7:12(a).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Democrat primary voters are becoming increasingly alarmed as 2020 primary candidates position themselves against school choice.
All while, sending their children the most elite private schools.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have pledged to eliminate school choice options.
Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg both omit school choice from their education platforms.
And earlier in 2019, House Democrats voted to cut funding for charter schools by millions of dollars.
Why? Because their true objective is to continue funneling as many American children as possible into government schools to be indoctrinated against a Biblical Worldview and become the Regressives of the future.
“Rejoice with those who rejoice.” Romans 12:15(a).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Michael, a five-year-old boy, showed up at the courthouse in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for an adoption hearing with his foster parents, and he had a crowd of unusual supporters.
Michael's entire kindergarten class sat in the audience behind him waving big red hearts mounted on wooden sticks to show their support.
The kindergartners offered the most touching answers, standing up and telling the court, "I love Michael" or "Michael's my best friend.”
Michael's new father and mother have been married for nearly 10 years, and he'd been living with them as a foster child for more than year.
Adoption truly is at the heart of the Gospel.
“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Galatians 6:9.
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
On June 20th, Daniel and Ashley Pardo’s 4-year-old son, Drake, was taken from their home on the authority of a court order.
Child Protective Services in Texas has now dropped its five-month long case against homeschooling parents who say their son was unfairly removed by the state on allegations of child medical abuse.
Kaufman County Judge Tracy Gray has now signed an order that ended the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services' cases against the Pardo family.
The Pardo family nightmare is now officially over.
Glory to God!
“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.” Psalm 139:13.
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
The Church of God In Christ, has unanimously adopted an historic life affirming resolution.
It states:
Abortion is genocide… The Church of God In Christ opposes elective abortions. This issue of personhood has haunted America since the Dred Scott, Plessy v. Ferguson and Roe v. Wade decisions. Just as slavery was overturned in America, Jim Crow was defeated, and Nazi Germany was overthrown, it is our prayer that the heinous industry of abortion will become morally reprehensible.
Therefore be it finally resolved that the Church of God In Christ denounces the systematic destruction of human life by way of abortion.
“And we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14(b).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
“By mercy and truth iniquity is purged” (Proverbs 16:6).
Love “does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth” (1 Corinthians 13:6).
Anyone notice a pattern here? Grace, mercy, and love all require truth. It is unloving to conceal or side step truth. Often, people avoid truth and use love as a justification when in reality their truth-aversion is a self-preservation tactic.
You cannot claim to love someone and simultaneously affirm them in a lie.
The absence of truth nullifies the application of grace.
But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. James 1:22.
My name is Abraham Hamilton III, and this is the Hamilton Minute.
This Scripture underscores the harrowing reality that permeates the life of many who profess to be Christians. The blessing of being a Christ follower comes not only from hearing God’s Word, but obeying it.
James continues, “for if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law of liberty and perseveres, being not a hearer who forgets, but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing."
“The borrower is the slave of the lender” Proverbs 22:7 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Newly published information from Lifeway Research shows 77% of self-identified Christians in dozens of states think it’s a sin to lend money to someone who can’t afford to pay it back. Still, few say payday loans are immoral and one in six Christians have admitted to taking out a high-interest payday loan.
The federal government’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says the typical two-week payday loan charges the equivalent of a 400% interest rate.
These “sharks” prey on the poor, elderly, and most vulnerable in society.
Sound the alarm and make sure your family, church, and neighborhood steer clear of this vermin.
“And who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this” Esther 4:14.
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute
Esther, a young girl became Queen of the Persian Empire when Israel was subject to Persian rule. A wicked man named Haman tried to get the King to exterminate all Jews. Esther, a Jew herself, was Queen when this genocidal conspiracy was brought to bear. But her uncle Mordecai put her royal position in perspective.
“Perhaps God made you Queen for this very moment, to intervene on behalf of the Jewish people.”
Like Esther, perhaps God gave you the platform, position and influence you have for this very moment, to stand against darkness. Perhaps you were born for such a time as this.
David, the son of Jesse, was just an ordinary giant slayer.
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
David’s battle with Goliath is an epic drama where the little boy stands in God’s power to conquer the Philistine giant.
David didn’t awaken that morning expecting to slay a giant. He didn’t stroll in with an entourage after a rugged mountain range training camp like Rocky in Rocky IV. He was just a regular kid bringing his brothers’ lunch. But fully confident in God’s immeasurable power, though he saw Goliath, David never acknowledged him as a giant, saying, “Who is this uncircumcised Philistine who dares defy the Lord of hosts?”
When regular people are fully persuaded, fully confident in God’s power, giant’s fall.
“And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place.”
I'm Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Acts 17:26 conveys to us the reality that we were born and placed in the 21st century by God’s specific design. He determined before time where we would live and when we would live there.
If you’re in Minnesota, Mississippi, or Maine, God put you there on purpose.
He’s not surprised by the darkness we see around us, nor is He caught off guard by it. In fact, He specifically prepared for it by making sure you’re alive right now. God can do whatever He wants, but He’s chosen to use you and me as ambassadors of His kingdom.
We are His torches to light up the darkness.
"Always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for the reason for the hope that is in you” 1 Peter 3:15 (ESV).
I'm Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Many who oppose Christianity target their hostility on our foundation, the Bible. They say it is unreliable because Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 are contradictory accounts of the creation story.
In actuality, the 2 chapters are complimentary and not contradictory.
When Jesus was asked about marriage, He quoted from both chapters 1 and 2, saying that He made them both to be male and female in the beginning. "And for this cause shall a man leave his mother and father and cleave unto his wife."
Genesis 1 is an overview of the creation story and Genesis 2 is an up close examination of day 6. If Jesus relies on them both, so can we.
“Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!” Psalm 107:1 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
America has a long history of giving thanks to the LORD as a nation. In 1789 George Washington, President of the young American nation which had only a few years earlier emerged from the American Revolution, called an official celebratory “Day of thanksgiving and prayer.”
When we consider all that has transpired in our personal lives, in our families, and in our nation there is only one appropriate response.
Let praise to our God flow from our lips as we gather with our families and give thanks.
“Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!” Psalm 107:1 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
America has a long history of giving thanks to the LORD as a nation. In 1789 George Washington, President of the young American nation which had only a few years earlier emerged from the American Revolution, called an official celebratory “Day of thanksgiving and prayer.”
When we consider all that has transpired in our personal lives, in our families, and in our nation there is only one appropriate response.
Let praise to our God flow from our lips as we gather with our families and give thanks.
“They not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.” Romans 1:32(b) (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
The District 211 school board in Palatine, IL voted in a 5 – 2 decision, to allow biological males into the female locker room at Palatine High School. The board said that all students should be “treated and supported in a manner consistent with their gender identity.” This “support” apparently necessitates obliterating the privacy and safety of every girl at the school.
If you support forcing scared and humiliated young girls to change in front of boys, please do not pretend to care about women’s rights, especially women’s privacy rights.
You are an enemy of women, not a supporter.
“You will know them by their fruit.”Matthew 7:16(a).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Chick Fil-A’s recent giving decisions caught many Christian supporters by surprise. It wouldn’t have, however, if we’d been paying attention to Chick Fil-A’s corporate structure.
The donations were coming out of the Chick-fil-A Foundation. The Executive Director of the CFA Foundation is Rodney D. Bullard, a former White House fellow and Assistant U.S. Attorney. Mr. Bullard was also an Obama donor, and, more recently, had donated to Hillary Clinton’s campaign while at Chick-fil-A.
And unsurprisingly, Mr. Bullard has led Chick Fil-A to fund all manner of regressive social justice causes.
Mr. Bullard’s hire indicated Chick Fil-A’s future course.
“For nothing is concealed that won't be revealed.” Luke 8:17(a) (CSB).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
During his speech at the Federalist Society Attorney General William Barr said,
Immediately after President Trump won election, opponents inaugurated what they called “The Resistance,” and they rallied around an explicit strategy of using every tool and maneuver available to sabotage the functioning of his Administration. Now, “resistance” is the language used to describe insurgency against rule imposed by an occupying military power. It obviously connotes that the government is not legitimate… Instead of viewing themselves as the “loyal opposition,” they essentially see themselves as engaged in a war to cripple, by any means necessary, a duly elected government.
