Rejected Fruitfullness
August 11, 2025
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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.
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.
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"Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it.” Genesis 1:28 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
According to the most recent reports provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers looked at fertility rates for women of all age groups and ethnicities and found the nationwide rate was 16% lower than what is needed for a population to replace itself.
There has been much discussion about the demographic winter in various European countries. Well, that demographic winter has reached the United States.
The first command God gave mankind in scripture was “be fruitful.” But, man has the penchant to fancy his own ways over God’s.
Rejecting God’s ways always carries severe consequences.
“What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.” Genesis 4:10 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
According to the World Health Organization, abortion was the leading cause of death worldwide in 2018. As of December 31, 2018, 41.9 million babies were murdered in the womb last year.
That is more than the 8.2 million people who died from cancer in 2018, more than the 5 million who died from smoking, and more than the 1.7 million who died from HIV/Aids in 2018 globally COMBINED!!!
Thomas Jefferson once said, “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.”
LORD, please strengthen us to abolish this wickedness!
"But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people” 1 Peter 2:9 (KJV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Hannaniah, Mishael, and Azariah weren’t the only Jewish exiles in Babylon. They weren’t the only people under Nebuchadnezzar who knew that YHWH expressly prohibited worshipping graven images.
Yet, they are the only three recorded in Scripture who refused to bow down and worship the golden statute. Though they were an extreme minority they refused to go along to get along with the Babylonian culture.
The way of Christ-following may be in the minority today, it is nevertheless The Way.
Resolute is the disposition of the fully persuaded. In this modern day Babylon, be one of the three.
"And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” John 12:32 (ESV)
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Full weaponization of the federal government to crush a political opponent, politicians and a political party that bill themselves as pro-life while refusing to actually do what’s in their power to stop the killing of little babies, the successful and unrelenting advance of Regressivism…
All of these are signs that our national condition is not merely a natural phenomenon. It is spiritual.
Civic engagement without spiritual engagement produces political roller coasters. National course correction will only come by national repentance. We must elevate Him.
All scripture is breathed out by God and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction and for training in righteousness.
My name is Abraham Hamilton III, and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Christ followers must contend for the authority of scripture in every generation.
Current societal challenges that are described as culture wars are really societal attacks on the authority and application of scripture.
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"Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” Luke 19:5 (ESV)
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
When their mom passed the Landau brothers of NJ had a garage sale to clear out their mom’s house, but they decided to keep a few things including mom’s old creepy painting of a woman passed out in a chair and two men trying to revive her.
Fast forward to their estate auction and the brothers found themselves fielding bids from France and Germany for the painting.
Turns out it was a long lost Rembrandt that ultimately sold for $1.1 million.
A trained eye spots value where others don’t.
"From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth…” Ephesians 4:16 (KJV)
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is the Hamilton Minute.
It's not by chance that Jesus refers to his Church as “The Body.” Just as it is with our physical bodies every member has a distinct role and function to fulfill.
Unfortunately, in the era of celebrity Christianity we’ve reduced the concept of ministry solely to what occurs in what is often little more than Sunday productions and performances.
The key to thriving in God’s Kingdom is understanding that every member in The Body of Christ is vital called to ministry.
They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked with us on the road, while He opened to us the Scriptures?"
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is the Hamilton Minute.
These words were shared between Cleopas and his companion on the seven mile walk from Jerusalem to Emmaus as Jesus, in resurrected form, used the Hebrew scriptures to reveal himself to them as the Messiah.
There are at least 109 distinct biblical prophecies the Messiah has to fulfill. The mathematical probability of such a feat occurring is astoundingly absurd. Yet that absurdity is satisfied in Jesus the Messiah.
Come let us adore Him.
“Then Saul clothed David with his armor. He put a helmet of bronze on his head and clothed him with a coat of mail.” 1 Samuel 17:38 (ESV)
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is the Hamilton Minute.
40 days of twice daily taunting from Goliath sent Saul and the Israelite army reeling in fear. But David’s passion for YHWH, conviction, and full persuasion stirred King Saul.
When people are on fire for God it often provokes others to glob on to that fire.
But we must be careful to resist the well-meaning overtures of the flame-less by-standers.
Saul meant well, but his armor couldn’t help. It would only slow David down.
"Salt [is] good: but if the salt has lost its savour, how will it be seasoned?” Luke 14:34 (NKJV)
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Corner.
Matt Walsh wrote a piece for the Daily Wire where he said, "The contemporary American Christian is the most open-minded person to have ever existed. He’s so open minded you can hardly tell he’s Christian, or has a mind at all…
He has for a long time been open to the idea that marriage isn’t permanent and sex isn’t meant exclusively for marriage. He’s basically open to whatever notions are popular…
He is open, and where he is not open, he is silent."
“And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.” Mark 11:13 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Corner.
From a distance, the fig leaves gave Jesus the impression that there was fruit on the tree. Upon closer inspection, the tree was fruitless.
Perfect church attendance and ministry activity cannot replace actual Christ-like fruit produced in our lives.
From a distance, it can appear as though we’re bearing fruit but what would we find with a closer look?
Are we content with fruitful appearance or do we yearn for the real thing?
“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.
“Now if you are ready… to fall down and worship the image that I have made, very well.” Exodus 1:8 (NASB95).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
A new reality show Executive Produced by Chip and Joanna Gaines on their Magnolia Network called Back to the Frontier features a homosexual couple among its three families in an eight-episode social experiment set in 1881.
When challenged for normalizing what God declares abominable in his word, Chip Gaines defended the decision online.
The Gaineses have publicly professed to be Christians. I pray our LORD truly opens their eyes to the sinfulness of affirming a lifestyle that condemns the unrepentant participant to hell. We cannot truly love our neighbors without grace, truth, and courage.
“Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.” Exodus 1:8 (NASB95).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
NYC Democrat primary voters chose Marxist Muslim Zoran Mamdani as their candidate to be the city’s next Mayor. Don’t look now, but Mamdani has a counterpart in Minneapolis, MN. Meet Omar Fateh. The first Muslim state senator in MN campaigning now to be Mayor. The son of Somali immigrants whose policies sound like Mamdani’s. Omar Fateh supports freezing rent, free college, a $20 minimum wage, legalizing fentanyl testing strips, and refusing cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
In short folks, Minneapolis O is also a Marxist.
From Bernie Sanders to AOC, The Squad to Mamdani and now Omar Fateh… we’re not in Kansas anymore.
“You will know them by their fruits.” Matthew 7:16(a) (NASB95).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
President Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Fox News, the Epstein client list was “sitting on my desk right now to review.”
Then, Axios reported the DOJ, which AG Bondi runs, concluded Epstein “had no ‘client list.’” This predictably left many wondering what is true?
Not only that, President Trump seemed to indicate that concern for the truth about the Epstein files was “a waste of time.” I think that is a mistake. The Trump administration has been arguably one of the most transparent administrations in American presidential history. The handling of the Epstein files may, however, leave a stain on that legacy.
“Preach the word; be ready in season [and] out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.” 2 Timothy 4:2 (NASB95).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
In the National Religious Broadcasters v. Billy Long (IRS Commissioner) the IRS admitted in open court filing that Churches and their Pastors do not violate the law when they discuss electoral politics or even endorse candidates from their pulpits. Therefore, they do not risk their tax exempt status by doing so.
This is a huge development. The IRS is simply admitting publicly what has always been true. Our founders recognized the significant role the Church plays in forming a self-governed people necessary to sustain a nation of self-governance. Washington knew it. Religion and morality are indispensable.
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity!” Psalms 133:1 (NASB95).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Psalm 133 is a celebratory psalm, written by David. He rejoices at the notion of brethren, family, and relatives dwelling together in unity. He’s actually contrasting it with the initial scriptural employment of the “brothers dwelling together” phrase recorded in Genesis 13:6. There, Abram and Lot couldn’t dwell together. Their separation precipitated what became the Sodom and Gomorrah saga.
In Psalm 133, however, David is rejoicing at the reality that there is enough room in God’s family for brethren to dwell together, and to flourish, all while maintaining genuine care for one another.
God’s kingdom is other-worldly.
“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.
