Covetousness as Policy
January 28, 2019
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You shall not covet your neighbor's house or anything that is your neighbor’s. Excerpted from Exodus 20:17 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said “an economic system that allows billionaires to exist is immoral.”
Someone may want to let the former bartender turned Congresswoman know that the top 1% of wage earners pay nearly 50% of all federal taxes.
The top 10% of wage earners pay nearly 70% of all federal taxes.
The top 20% of wage earners pay about 85% of all federal taxes. That money funds things like our national welfare programs.
Don’t let them entice you to harbor disdain for the wealthy. Socialists bank on covetousness to gain support for their regressive policies.
“You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great.” Leviticus 19:15 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
During his “State of the City” speech, New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio said “…there is plenty of money in the world. Plenty of money in this city, it’s just in the wrong hands.”
Why is it wrong for some people to have money? Who determines who the right people are to have money?
This one telling statement reveals the ultimate redistributionist ethos that permeates through regressivism.
The next time you hear calls for economic justice they will usually flow from the lips of a person who agrees with Mayor DeBlasio. It’s just wrong for money to be in some people’s hands.
“For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility.” Ephesians 2:14 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
CNN analyst Areva Martin accused Sirius XM radio and Fox Nation host David Webb of benefitting from white privilege. She assumed David Webb reached the place where he was in life because of the inherent privileges of less melanated skin… but there a little problem here…
David Webb is blessed with a permanent tan.
Areva Martin’s public blooper gives us all a great opportunity for introspection and rid ourselves of any sinful skin color based partiality and rejoice in the Biblical truth that all mankind is made of one blood, one human race.
“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.” Romans 1:18 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Karen Pence, the wife of Vice-President Mike Pence, returned to teaching at the Immanuel Christian School in Northern Virginia where she will teach an art class twice a week.
A Christian woman returned to teaching at a Christian School that adheres to Christian sexual ethics as taught in the Christian Bible.
Can someone tell me why this is a news story?
When it’s newsworthy for Christians to actually live according to Jesus’ teachings, that is a pretty good indication of where we are as a society.
“If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Psalm 11:3 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
After a failed effort to unseat Senator Cruz, Robert Francis O’Rourke has become a regressive darling.
O’Rourke demonstrated his commitment to taking America backwards in a recorded conversation, reported by the Washington Post, where he openly questioned the current relevance of the U.S. Constitution and whether our nation should still be governed by “the same principles that were set down 230-plus years ago.”
Regressive ideology is steeped in an unyielding effort to fundamentally transform America into something other than America. Whether its the judiciary, the legislature, the presidency or the culture at large, the U.S. Constitution is an impediment to be overcome.
“But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves” James 1:22 (ESV).
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.” James 1:23-25 (ESV)
“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.
“So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed.” Matthew 10:26a (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of the New York Times, argues in a new book that her former employer abandoned journalistic objectivity concerning the Trump White House and cashed in along the way.
She explained the Times’ readers are largely liberal and the paper became unmistakably anti-Trump… for profit.
With a barrage of negative Trump stories, the Times drove huge traffic to its publication and, despite the blip of cancellations following the 2016 election, it enjoyed inflated subscription orders to levels no one anticipated.
It was never about the news. It was about regressivism and money.
“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” Proverbs 4:23 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats have inserted language to expand abortion into a bill to end the partial government shutdown.
The spending bill would repeal President Trump’s “Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy,” formerly referred to as the “Mexico City Policy,” that prevents American taxpayer dollars from being given in aid to any international entity that performs or actively promotes baby murder as a family planning method.
The first day the Democrats take over the majority in the House of Representatives they immediately present legislation to expand baby murder.
They wasted no time showing who they truly are.
“For God is not a God of confusion.” 1 Corinthians 14:33a (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the municipal aw that will allow New Yorkers to change the existing sex on their birth certificates from male or female to “X” simply by attesting that it reflects their gender identity.
A medical assessment or physician’s note is not required to claim the option.
Prior to 2014, New York law allowed birth certificate identity changes only after sex reassignment surgery. Later, a doctor’s note was required.
But that’s old news. Self-attestation concerning gender identity is all that is needed now, regardless of biological reality.
But, Christians are often called science deniers?
“A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight.” Proverbs 11:1 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
The latest government shutdown debacle is a striking example of why Congress has such a low approval rating.
Congressional Democrats and President Trump are at a stalemate over funding for a barrier on the United States’ Southern Border.
Interestingly, many of these very same Congressional Democrats supported southern border barrier legislation not too long ago.
The Secure Fence Act of 2006 was passed with votes from several prominent Democrats including then Senators Barack Hussein Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and current Democrat Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
So what changed? The hypocrisy is astounding!
“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.
“And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matthew 10:28 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
In an interview with Ben Shapiro, Pastor John MacArthur said while his views on hot-button issues like homosexuality are controversial, his goal as a pastor is to “offend everyone” because any brand of Christianity that is “inoffensive isn’t Christianity at all.”
The initial goal is confronting man’s sinfulness, to tell mankind that it is lost, without God in the world and that there’s only one Savior, the LORD Jesus Christ.
Confronting and offending sin is necessary to point the way to the cross.
“For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica.” Acts 20:35(b) (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Pro-life activist Ryan Bomberger, head of the Radiance Foundation, made a presentation at Wheaton College, at the invitation of the College Republicans, titled “Black Lives Matter: In and out of the Womb.” It was strong appeal to protect and defend babies in the womb.
Soon after the presentation, Bomberger was denounced in an email from Wheaton College leadership.
What has happened to the Christian university, founded in 1860 by Christian abolitionists, that was once a stop on the underground railroad when it denounces a Christian abortion abolitionist who fights for the sanctity of human life?
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.” Isaiah 5:20(a) (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
In a speech justifying Apple’s decision to de-platform certain people, CEO Tim Cook said,
I believe the most SACRED thing that each of us is given is our JUDGEMENT, our MORALITY, our own innate desire to separate RIGHT from WRONG. Choosing to set that responsibility aside at a moment of trial is SIN.
Christians were told words like “judgement, morality, right, wrong, and sin” were hateful, and un-loving terms.
So the church stopped using them.
Now, Tim Cook, and his regressive allies are using them.
They are redefining sin to allow society to recast Biblical faithfulness as evil!
“It's more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35(b) (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Writer, director, producer, and actor Tyler Perry shared a Twitter video telling followers that if they had layaway at the Walmart locations in East Point or Douglasville, Georgia to go pick the up their purchases—as they’d been paid off.
Perry paid about $432,000 on people’s layaways.
His generosity inspired Kid Rock, Glenn Beck, and others to do the same. Its resulted in people of varied economic means paying off large and small layaway balances.
This Christmas season, let’s invite people to receive the greatest gift ever given, the free gift of salvation through the shed blood of Jesus Christ.
The scene is set to share Jesus.
“And you will be hated by all for my name's sake.” Matthew 10:22(a) (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez complained that voters are influenced by what they hear in Church on Sundays.
Perez lamented that Democrat messaging doesn’t penetrate because one of the principle sources of information for voters is what they hear from “the pulpit on Sunday” and “they buy it.”
This statement demonstrates that regressives will ultimately come for the Church. History shows that humanistic totalitarians will not stand a vibrant dissenting voice. It’s the reason Communist China seeks to crush Christianity there.
What they fail to realize is that the gates of hell will not prevail against the LORD’s Church!
“Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.” Proverbs 21:13 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
The Supreme Court declined to review lower-court rulings that prevented in two states from ending public funding for Planned Parenthood.
Conservative Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, and Alito voted in favor of taking up the challenge, but John Roberts and Brett Kavanuagh voted against, depriving their colleagues of the four votes required to review the cases.
When regressives savaged Kavanaugh with all manner of slanderous accusations during his confirmation it was largely the pro-life community who rallied to his defense.
Yet, in this instance, he refused stand with pro-lifers and defend the Constitution.
“The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is safe.” Proverbs 29:25 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
In a continued crackdown on Christianity, about 100 Christians were snatched from their homes or from the streets in coordinated raids across Southwest China.
Authorities targeted members of the Early Rain Covenant Church across various districts of Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan.
The arrested worshippers include Wang Yi, Pastor of the Early Rain Church.
Anticipating arrest, he wrote a letter that was to be released if he went missing.
In it he wrote, “the reason the Communist regime is filled with fear is because the Church is no longer afraid of the government.”
Please pray for our brethren in China.
“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” Proverbs 16:18 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
During the Bend to Justice leadership conference Senator Maize Hirono of Hawaii was asked why it was so difficult for Democrats to connect with voters.
Senator Hirono responded that Democrats have so much information, they are really good at giving out all the information that touch people’s minds but not their hearts.
She further explained, “we Democrats know so much. We are very smart that we end up telling everyone how smart we are and so we have a tendency to be very left brain” indicating that the Democrat-to-voter disconnect is due to their intellectual superiority.
