Being a great NFL quarterback doesn’t make you great at giving advice.

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1. 0:00Darkness is not an affirmative force.
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10. 0:28And now the Hamilton Corner.
11. 0:31Good evening everybody.
12. 0:34Welcome to the Hamilton Corner.
13. 0:35Abraham Hamilton III is my name, joined by
14. 0:42produce extraordinaire, the real G. Mack.
15. 0:45I think I mentioned I'm the host of this program.
16. 0:49No, I don't think I said it today.
17. 0:51But I am the host of this program,
18. 0:52excited to be with you today.
19. 0:55Looking forward to the issue that we're going to address
20. 1:01during today's program, actually it's multi-layered,
21. 1:06but we're gonna have a real-time discussion
22. 1:10about the reality that because someone may be,
23. 1:17an exceedingly exceptional professional athlete,
24. 1:23that doesn't mean that they're good at everything else.
25. 1:27It also doesn't mean that they give great advice
26. 1:30for life across the board.
27. 1:33Now being a professional athlete doesn't mean you don't have good advice for other areas
28. 1:39outside of your profession.
29. 1:41You could, but it isn't automatically the case.
30. 1:45And in our culture and in our society, we tend to celebrities and idolize figures because
31. 1:57of their popular professional accomplishments.
32. 2:03But just because you're popular, doesn't mean you're right about everything.
33. 2:09And as always, the word of God should be our ultimate arbiter of all matters, all matters
34. 2:19of life, doctrine and practice.
35. 2:24So we're going to delve into that a bit during today's program.
36. 2:28At this very moment, many of you, if not most of you are making your transition from your
37. 2:31part-time jobs where you generate an income to your full-time jobs, where you cultivate
38. 2:35an outcome.
39. 2:36I want to remind you to do so with intentionality because what goes on in your house
40. 2:45is far more important than what goes on in the White House. I
41. 2:50Describe what we do to generate revenue as our part-time jobs because it is not synonymous with our
42. 2:57identities. The common utilization of the full-time job expression
43. 3:02and within our culture is often conflated with identity.
44. 3:10Hence my utilization of that phrase
45. 3:13to focus on our full-time jobs
46. 3:17and relating and connecting that to what we do in our homes.
47. 3:24The fundamental building block for any society
48. 3:26is a family, is the family.
49. 3:27The fundamental building block for the church is the family.
50. 3:30The first human institution,
51. 3:33The first human institution that got created was the family.
52. 3:39And marriage is the center and fulcrum of the family
53. 3:47because there are other things that are also important.
54. 3:52We can very easily allow there to be a functional
55. 3:56and practical shifting in priority.
56. 4:03But we need to be very intentional,
57. 4:05first be very aware, and then secondarily be very intentional
58. 4:09about making sure we keep the main thing, the main thing.
59. 4:15All right?
60. 4:18To the word of God we go.
61. 4:21Because when I say keep the main thing, the main thing,
62. 4:23I'm not saying that that is something
63. 4:24that is solely the product of humanistic effort
64. 4:29because it's not.
65. 4:31Proverbs chapter eight, Proverbs chapter eight,
66. 4:35verses 12 through 17 is what we're gonna go today.
67. 4:40Proverbs chapter eight,
68. 4:43verses 12 through 17.
69. 4:49And this is what God's word says.
70. 4:53I wisdom, I should have said this here in this passage,
71. 4:57God is being represented by wisdom.
72. 5:03I should say it better.
73. 5:04Wisdom, the characteristic of wisdom is being personified
74. 5:10as if it's a stand in for God.
75. 5:15But the feature of God's character, which is wisdom,
76. 5:18is being personified in this text.
77. 5:21All right, Proverbs chapter eight verse 12.
78. 5:23I wisdom dwell with prudence,
79. 5:27and I find knowledge and discretion.
80. 5:33The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil,
81. 5:39pride and arrogance, and the way of evil
82. 5:44and perverted speech I hate.
83. 5:48I have counsel and sound wisdom.
84. 5:53I have insight, I have strength.
85. 5:56By me, meaning wisdom, kings reign,
86. 6:02and rulers decree what is just.
87. 6:07By me wisdom again, princes rule,
88. 6:12and nobles in all who govern justly.
89. 6:19I love those who love me,
90. 6:21and those who seek me diligently find me.
91. 6:28Those who seek me diligently find me.
92. 6:33Brothers and sisters, wisdom is one of the things,
93. 6:38one of the characteristics, one of the life features
94. 6:42that are available, that is available
95. 6:45to each and every one of us.
96. 6:48Those who seek me diligently find me.
97. 6:55Those who seek the wisdom of God diligently find wisdom.
98. 7:00Those who seek God diligently find wisdom.
99. 7:07I've explained before, knowledge is the acquisition of information.
100. 7:12Wisdom is the proper and timely. Notice those two components.
101. 7:16The proper and timely application of knowledge.
102. 7:23The proper and timely application of knowledge.
103. 7:27knowledge. As I mentioned here, wisdom is personified as a stand in for God because you
104. 7:35look in verse 14, it says, I, meaning wisdom, have counsel and wisdom. Well, you say, well,
105. 7:40why will wisdom have wisdom? Because wisdom is being personified as God. Yeah, you see
106. 7:45it on the screen right now. Verse 14, I, wisdom, have counsel and sound wisdom because God is
107. 7:52being personified here. Earlier in this same chapter, the
108. 7:57proverb right articulates that the simple or the ignorant or the
109. 8:01unlearned can be made wise, that God makes wise the simple. Now
110. 8:10going back to verse 12, I wisdom dwell with prudence. I
111. 8:15wisdom find knowledge and discretion. All right. Going back
112. 8:22to how I defined wisdom.
113. 8:24Wisdom is the proper and timely application of knowledge.
114. 8:32Now this is something that's gonna rub all the regrets
115. 8:34of the wrong way.
116. 8:37The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
117. 8:41This is for those over there in the side pocket,
118. 8:43over there in the side pocket that shout things like,
119. 8:45this God is love, God is love.
120. 8:49They say like this, Jeff, God is love.
121. 8:51He's so loving, he's love.
122. 8:54You can't be gotten, you're not a God
123. 8:56because you're not a love.
124. 9:00He's loving love, love wins, love wins.
125. 9:07It wins, yeah, it wins.
126. 9:11The Bible says the fear of the Lord is the hatred,
127. 9:14is hatred of evil.
128. 9:15Whoa, wisdom being personified, pride and arrogance
129. 9:23and the way of evil and perverted speech, I hate.
130. 9:29back to those in the side pocket who shout ignorantly,
131. 9:34God is love.
132. 9:36God is love, but he's not some rom-com comedian.
133. 9:40In love, the love of God is not what the world describes
134. 9:46as love.
135. 9:47When the world says love, they mean passive acceptance
136. 9:50of anything someone wants to do.
137. 9:53If you dare have a question or an objection to something
138. 9:57that someone wants to say, think, believe, or do,
139. 10:01then they say you are hateful.
140. 10:06Well, let me tell you something.
141. 10:07The God that is love, he hates evil.
142. 10:12The God that is love, he hates pride.
143. 10:17Read the Bible.
144. 10:18The God that is love, he hates arrogance.
145. 10:22The God that is love hates the way of evil.
146. 10:26The God that is love hates perverted speech.
147. 10:31The God that is love hates perverted speech.
148. 10:41So marinate on that for a second.
149. 10:44Yes, God is love.
150. 10:45But when you say the word L-O-V-E,
151. 10:48the four letters that add up to the word that is love,
152. 10:54that is not what God means when you say it,
153. 10:57unless you're saying it according to what
154. 10:59the scripture articulates.
155. 11:03See, the love of God hates perverted speech.
156. 11:09Well, what's perverted speech?
157. 11:10Oh, you know, saying things like, oh boy is a girl.
158. 11:13That's perverted speech.
159. 11:15What else perverted?
160. 11:16Oh yeah, he's saying two men, they can be married.
161. 11:19That's perverted speech.
162. 11:20Two women, perverted speech.
163. 11:23A man in the side piece perverted speech.
164. 11:27The adulterer, the adulterer perverted speech.
165. 11:30The thief perverted speech.
166. 11:32The hormunga perverted speech
167. 11:33in the heterosexual context perverted speech.
168. 11:40God hates perverted speech,
169. 11:42which is why his righteous rad
170. 11:46is appropriately placed upon the unpinotent sin,
171. 11:53sin, his righteous wrath.
172. 11:57This doesn't comport with progressive ideology.
173. 12:00They don't wanna hear anything about this,
174. 12:03but it doesn't make any less true.
175. 12:07It's important for us to note that this is included
176. 12:10as wisdom is being exalted in this passage.
177. 12:15Hey, by the way, the fear of the Lord is to hate evil.
178. 12:17Hate evil.
179. 12:20This is why I have to say the believer
180. 12:24should be mortified by his or her own sin.
181. 12:32But by wisdom, if you look at verse 15,
182. 12:37by wisdom, Kings reign and rule is decree what is just.
183. 12:43One of the major distinctions between just leadership
184. 12:47and unjust leadership is the wisdom quotient,
185. 12:53the appropriate, the proper and timely application
186. 12:58application of knowledge. The same script from Proverbs 1 says, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.
187. 13:10So if you have a person functioning in a leadership capacity, but they do not have the fear of the Lord,
188. 13:16can they be wise? According to what the scripture teaches, the simple answer is no, no, no.
189. 13:26They can have knowledge, they can have information, but
190. 13:34biblically the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.
191. 13:37So if there is no fear of the Lord, their acquisition of information
192. 13:42doesn't meet the biblical criteria for knowledge.
193. 13:45And the absence of satisfying the biblical criteria for knowledge
194. 13:49deprives that one of having wisdom.
195. 13:56By wisdom, Prince's rule and noble govern justly, just governance requires wisdom.
196. 14:10And it is the wise who function with the readied, demonstrable application of discernment.
197. 14:22In this age of deception, we must have wisdom.
198. 14:28No, you're getting.
199. 14:31Get knowledge, wisdom, and understanding.
200. 14:36This is something that should be a consistent component
201. 14:40of our Christ to the Lord.
202. 14:41I'm pleased to the Lord, our prayers.
203. 14:43Lord, would you please give me wisdom?
204. 14:47Lord, would you make me wise?
205. 14:49Lord, would you open my eyes
206. 14:52that I may see rightly and that I function with wisdom?
207. 15:01Children, of course, are given to parents by God,
208. 15:06not to the state.
209. 15:07Children don't belong to the state,
210. 15:08and we need to make sure that those lines are very clearly
211. 15:12protected and increasingly secularized culture,
212. 15:15where the government has not only tried to make the church
213. 15:20completely irrelevant, but basically replace parents.
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216. 15:35Shining light into the darkness.
217. 15:37This is the Hamilton Corner, an American family radio.
218. 15:40Welcome back to the Hamilton Corner, Abraham Hamilton.
219. 15:43The third here, delighted to be with you.
220. 15:49Delighted to be with you.
221. 15:50You often hear me discuss Charles Burgess' description
222. 15:54of discernment, where in which he says discernment,
223. 15:57which he said discernment is not merely distinguishing right
224. 16:00from wrong, but discernment includes distinguishing right
225. 16:03from almost right.
226. 16:05The sermon includes distinguishing right from almost right.
227. 16:10And we're going to have a real time demonstration of that reality.
228. 16:17To do so, we're going to have a conversation about Scotty
229. 16:21Sheffler, who is the world's ranked ranked the number one golfer in the world
230. 16:29currently. Um, he has one four major golf tournaments, four majors,
231. 16:40including two majors this major's this season.
232. 16:44He's also won 17 PGA Tour Titles,
233. 16:48which is the Professional Golfers Association.
234. 16:51Tour Titles, he's a Christian, a husband,
235. 16:56and a father, and he has drawn comparisons
236. 17:02to Tiger Woods, all right.
237. 17:08We're also gonna have a conversation
238. 17:10about Thomas Edward Brady, Tom Brady.
239. 17:15widely regarded in the sports world as the greatest NFL quarterback in the history of the sport.
240. 17:21He has won seven NFL Super Bowls. That's for those that don't know nothing about sports. That's
241. 17:27the championship in the National Football League. He's appeared in 10 Super Bowls. So 10 Super Bowl
242. 17:33appearances, seven wins, lost Eli Manning twice and he lost to Nick Fos and the Philadelphia Eagles
243. 17:40once. All right. Most of his super bowl six out of the seven that he
244. 17:45want he won with the New England Patriots. He also won a super bowl
245. 17:50with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. You know, widely regarded. Like as I
246. 17:55mentioned, that's the greatest NFL quarterback in the history of the
247. 17:58sport. Upon, well, two things, Scotty Scheffler did two things. So
248. 18:07about a month ago, the British Open was played the 153rd British
249. 18:10open and he made some comments that were quite stirring to our culture.
250. 18:17What I heard when I was like, yeah, I don't see any problem with what he said.
251. 18:20You had lots of people that I can't, I can't believe it.
252. 18:24You know, sounded like Mard Simpson.
253. 18:26I can't believe it.
254. 18:28They're there.
255. 18:29There's a professional athlete that will see these things in public right
256. 18:33at the time that he's he's the most perfect home.
257. 18:35Can you believe it?
258. 18:38You know, I had that when I, Jeff, you know, I didn't know either.
259. 18:41I just did it.
260. 18:42Can you believe it?
261. 18:44Oh, me?
262. 18:46I can't believe a professional athlete was saying these kind of things in plumb line.
263. 18:54That drew the eye of Tom Brady.
264. 18:56Then he wins the tournament.
265. 18:57It's got his shuffle of wins the tournament.
266. 19:00And he basically said, man, yeah, listen, I told y'all how I feel about this.
267. 19:04Yeah, it's cool.
268. 19:05Look, I love being a professional golfer.
269. 19:08I've been working at this for my entire life.
270. 19:11I feel like.
271. 19:13But this is not the sum total of who I am.
272. 19:17It's almost like he listens to the Hamilton Corner.
273. 19:19Look, I play golf, but golf doesn't play me.
274. 19:21This is not my full time job.
275. 19:25You know, my faith and my family come before this all day long.
276. 19:30Now that's the age standard version translation.
277. 19:32He didn't say it like that.
278. 19:33But that's what he said.
279. 19:34My faith and my family comes first, then golf.
280. 19:39You know, it's cool to win tournaments like this.
281. 19:43But ultimately, this is not satisfying.
282. 19:46I'll enjoy it for a moment,
283. 19:48but then I'm gonna come back down to earth
284. 19:49and live real life, cause life is real.
285. 19:51And there are other things that are more important to me
286. 19:54than golf.
287. 19:56Well, to many in the sports world,
288. 20:03that was almost sacrilegious to have Scotty Sheffler say that.
289. 20:07And his comments even drew the ire of one Tom Brady.
290. 20:10So I'm gonna share the comments with you.
291. 20:13And I'm gonna start with video and audio
292. 20:19of what Scottie Scheffler said after he won the tournament, just to kind of set the stage
293. 20:24because the comments that drew the most ire was actually the things he said beforehand.
294. 20:29And because of what he said beforehand, people already knew, well we kind of know what Scottie's
295. 20:33coming from.
296. 20:35So listen to Scottie Scheffler upon winning the British Open.
297. 20:39He explains, listen, this is great.
298. 20:41I love it.
299. 20:42But faith, my faith and my family are first.
300. 20:45Listen to and watch.
301. 20:46Clip number two, clip two.
302. 20:47Go.
303. 20:48I've worked since I was two or three years old to have a chance to play professional golfer
304. 20:52living and now I've been able to win tournaments that I just dreamed of playing in and it's
305. 20:57an amazing feeling and I'm so grateful to be able to live out my dreams.
306. 21:00But like I said, my faith in my family is what's most important to me and I try to live
307. 21:06as normal a life as possible because I feel like a normal guy.
308. 21:09I have the same friends I had growing up.
309. 21:13I don't think that I'm anything special just because some weeks I'm better at shooting
310. 21:16a lower score than other guys are.
311. 21:20Now for those of you who are not Gulf aficionados,
312. 21:22the golden golf is to shoot a lower score.
313. 21:25I know that's counterintuitive to some of our major American sports,
314. 21:29but basically trying to get the ball in the hole in as few shots
315. 21:34that call strokes as possible.
316. 21:36So the one with the lower score normally wins.
317. 21:38So Scottie Sheffler, you saw him up there sitting there with that trophy
318. 21:41or that thing right there on the table next to him.
319. 21:42He's like, listen, winning is fantastic.
320. 21:46But my faith in my family come first.
321. 21:48I'm just a normal guy.
322. 21:50You know, I don't think that I'm better than anybody overall was what Scottie
323. 21:55Sheffler saying simply because on a particular tournament in a particular
324. 21:59tournament tournament, I was able to play golf better than some other dudes.
325. 22:04Now Scottie Sheffler didn't mention this.
326. 22:05He's like, he's 29 years old.
327. 22:07That's amazing perspective from a 29 year old.
328. 22:11It's an amazing perspective to have, especially in this culture that we live
329. 22:14in with celebrity worship and professional athletes because of their wealth and
330. 22:18their prominence, that they are viewed with such vaunted, with such such vaunted position
331. 22:23in our society. That's amazing for him to say that. I applaud Scotty Sheffler saying
332. 22:33that, but not everybody was happy with that, which is kind of telling those who found Scotty
333. 22:40Sheffler's comments concerning. And one of the people who found Scotty Sheffler's comments
334. 22:46concerning was Tom Brady. Now, Tom Brady, one of the things I mentioned to him, the greatest
335. 22:51NFL quarterback of all time, although Patrick Mahomes is on them heels.
336. 22:57He's biting up them heels.
337. 23:00If Patrick Mahomes continues as he has, Tom Brady might become number two.
338. 23:06In some people's eyes, Tom Brady is already number two.
339. 23:09I don't know how many people share that sentiment, but Tom Brady's widely regarded at this moment
340. 23:14as the greatest quarterback in NFL history.
341. 23:18And one of the major contributing factors to that is that coming out of college, Tom
342. 23:22Tom Brady was not regarded as a high draft prospect.
343. 23:26He's widely known as being drafted 199th in the NFL draft.
344. 23:30He's like a seventh round pick.
345. 23:33When he was drafted to a team, he wasn't expected to be
346. 23:35starting quarterback, but he had an indomitable work ethic.
347. 23:40He got better as a professional.
348. 23:42His arm strength got stronger and he won, like I mentioned,
349. 23:46the seven Super Bowls.
350. 23:48Well, Tom Brady, he has a newsletter, which I was unaware
351. 23:52that he had, that he puts out at TomBrady.com and he uses this newsletter to kind of, you
352. 23:59know, give advice. You know, he's the Tom Brady version of the mamba mentality like Kobe
353. 24:04Brian, oh, work, you know, kind of thing. And he offers what he calls life lessons and his
354. 24:13website. And he had a bit of an issue with what Scotty
355. 24:19Shuffler said. Now I'm going to read from this because I want to place it in context.
356. 24:24I want to tell you guys plainly.
357. 24:26There was some things that Tom Brady said in this article
358. 24:30that are good, that are helpful,
359. 24:32that I feel like it's good advice.
360. 24:37But I feel like Tom Brady misses a major component
361. 24:42of what Scotty Schifler said that drew his ire.
362. 24:46Now, before I get into Tom Brady's piece,
363. 24:49I want you to hear the comments that Scotty Schifler made
364. 24:52at the media day for the British Open.
365. 24:55So this is the media event where all of the participants
366. 25:00in the golf tournament, they have, especially,
367. 25:02especially all of the top participants
368. 25:04and those who are expected to perform well,
369. 25:06they're interviewed during media day.
370. 25:08And Scotty Scheffler was interviewed
371. 25:11and he says something that was profound.
372. 25:13Before he went out and won the tournament,
373. 25:15now I want you to remind you,
374. 25:17you're gonna see a similar background behind
375. 25:19Scotty Scheffler but he doesn't have on a different shirt
376. 25:20and you notice he won't have the trophy next to him.
377. 25:22Because these are the things he said
378. 25:24Before he went out and won the tournament,
379. 25:26listen to and watch clip number one, clip one, go.
380. 25:30I love the challenge.
381. 25:31I love being able to play this game for a living.
382. 25:32It's one of the greatest joys of my life,
383. 25:34but does it fill the deepest wants and desires of my heart?
384. 25:39Absolutely not.
385. 25:40You know, that's why I talk about families being my priority
386. 25:41because it really is.
387. 25:43You know, I'm blessed to be able to come out here
388. 25:44and play golf, but if my golf ever started affecting
389. 25:48my home life or it ever affected the relationship I have
390. 25:50with my wife or with my son, you know,
391. 25:52that's gonna be the last day that I play out here
392. 25:53for a living, you know, this is not the be all end all.
393. 25:56This is not the most important thing in my life.
394. 25:58And that's why wrestle with why is this so important to me
395. 26:01because I would much rather be a great father
396. 26:03than I would be a great golfer.
397. 26:05You know, at the end of the day,
398. 26:06that's what's more important to me.
399. 26:10Now, like I said, it's not like Scotty
400. 26:12listening to the corner, doesn't it?
401. 26:14Scotty's like, yeah, four, but that's my part time gig.
402. 26:19Hole in one part time.
403. 26:24He said if his golf career ever affected,
404. 26:31in the implication there's negatively affected
405. 26:34his home life, affected his relationship with his wife
406. 26:39and his son negatively,
407. 26:41that would be the last day he would be a professional golfer.
408. 26:47To which I and many of you listening to me right now
409. 26:50are like, amen, amen.
410. 26:54What can I tell you?
411. 26:56In our culture, there were a lot of people
412. 26:57who didn't, amen, Scotty, Chef, look,
413. 26:59Can you believe that?
414. 27:00Well, I'm sure you can't believe that.
415. 27:02And one of the people that did not
416. 27:03Amen, Scotty Scheffler was the Tom Brady.
417. 27:08He took issue with Scotty Scheffler's comments.
418. 27:10In fact, he almost, you know, on the block,
419. 27:13we call him the son, son of him.
420. 27:15He kind of tried to son Scotty Scheffler.
421. 27:16He's like, yeah, you know, he's young, 29.
422. 27:19He hasn't figured out his priorities in life yet.
423. 27:21He's like, whoa.
424. 27:24Off the top rope, are you coming off the top rope
425. 27:26against Scotty Scheffler, Mr. Brady?
426. 27:29Yeah, I've said something similar.
427. 27:31When I was young, that was before I really got in the swing of life.
428. 27:34This is literally how he starts off his piece.
429. 27:36In fact, I was read to you how he began his piece, how he began his piece.
430. 27:41Tom Brady, his article is titled, Your Actions, Reflect Your Priorities.
431. 27:46He started off his piece by saying, in 2005, I gave an interview to 60 minutes where I
432. 27:52sounded a little bit like Scotty Scheffler.
433. 27:55I had won three Super Bowls in my first four years as a starter and I was explaining to
434. 27:59the interviewer how, when I looked at my trophies and
435. 28:02Super Bowl rings, I found myself thinking, there's got to be
436. 28:05more than this. This can't be all. I was 27 years old. I was
437. 28:11young. My first son, Jack wouldn't be born for another year
438. 28:14and a half. Football was a very important part of my life, but
439. 28:17similar to Scotty, I could feel myself resisting the
440. 28:20expectation placed on elite athletes by the media and by
441. 28:24society in general to use professional achievement as the
442. 28:28primary meter for personal satisfaction.
443. 28:36He goes on to say, at any given moment,
444. 28:42one of these priorities is taking precedence over the others.
445. 28:45And the question is always whether it's the right priority
446. 28:48for the moment.
447. 28:49That is the question that seems Scotty Scheffler is wrestling
448. 28:52with.
449. 28:53Do I have my priority straight?
450. 28:55But I think figuring out that answer is pretty straight forward.
451. 28:59In quote, now I'm going to disagree, Mr. Brater,
452. 29:02right there.
453. 29:02I don't think Scottie Scheffler is trying
454. 29:04to figure out his priorities.
455. 29:05Do you? It seems Scotty Sheffler was pretty clear on what his priorities were.
456. 29:12This is even that way to you Jeff. He wasn't trying to figure it out.
457. 29:15He was announcing what he had figured out. But his announcement seemed to have pricked Mr. Brady.
458. 29:28Now I'll tell you why. Now we're going to get into the thick of it.
459. 29:31And this is going to be a longer quote, even than I just read just now.
460. 29:36Continuing his creed where he's kind of sonny.
461. 29:38Scotty Scheffler saying that,
462. 29:40oh he's trying to figure out his priorities.
463. 29:41Nah, Tom, he's pretty clear on what his priorities were,
464. 29:44faith in his family.
465. 29:46Then golf.
466. 29:47He seemed pretty clear in that order.
467. 29:49Get it right and keep it right.
468. 29:51But Tom Brady didn't like it.
469. 29:52He didn't like it.
470. 29:54Because what Scotty Scheffler said,
471. 29:57remember the old expression, hit dogs, holler?
472. 30:00What Scotty Scheffler said,
473. 30:01world's number one golfer,
474. 30:03kind of rubbed the world's number one
475. 30:05quarter back the wrong way a little bit. Here's an example that I'm talking about. Back to
476. 30:11Tom Brady's piece, quote, as part of his answer at media day, for example, he's referring to
477. 30:17media day at the British Open, that's Scottie Sheffield ultimately won. As part of his answer
478. 30:22at media day, for example, Scottie said, and I'm quoting from Tom Brady's piece, Scottie
479. 30:25said, he'd rather be a better father and husband than a good golfer. And my question
480. 30:32is, why are those mutually exclusive? Sure, they're different blocks on the pyramid, but
481. 30:40they're part of the same pyramid. They're connected. For instance, I think part of being
482. 30:46a great father is being a great example of doing what it takes to take care of your family.
483. 30:52I chose to do it by playing football. My dedication to the sport, the hours of practice, the moments
484. 30:58when I was laser focused, those were times when I believe I was doing the best possible
485. 31:03thing for my family and my kids, by prioritizing my profession and teaching by example what it
486. 31:09takes to be really good at your job, what it takes to follow through on commitments, what
487. 31:14it takes to be a great teammate, and showing them also by example, that work is a big part
488. 31:20of all of our lives.
489. 31:23Remember, your children are watching everything.
490. 31:26They see what you do in every aspect of your life, and how you do it.
491. 31:30bad time stories and helping them with homework are not the only ways to be a great parent.
492. 31:35And neither is winning Super Bowls or MVPs.
493. 31:38Being a great football player didn't make me a great dad.
494. 31:42But how I became a great player certainly had an impact, from showing up day in and
495. 31:47day out to doing whatever it took to get better, be successful, be a role model and to provide
496. 31:53end quote.
497. 31:55Mmm.
498. 31:56There are a lot of good things Tom Brady said in this article.
499. 32:01Some things I agree with, but I think Mr. Brady misses a huge component of what Scottie
500. 32:07Scheffler said and I will reiterate what I said previously.
501. 32:11Scottie Scheffler wasn't trying to figure out his priorities.
502. 32:13He has his priorities very clear.
503. 32:16The problem for Mr. Brady is that Scottie Scheffler's priorities do not comport with Mr. Brady's
504. 32:22priorities.
505. 32:23And therefore, Thomas O'udbrianth had a problem.
506. 32:27Thomas O'udbrianth had a problem.
507. 32:29Are people basically good?
508. 32:31God says in Romans 3-10,
509. 32:33there is no one righteous, not even one.
510. 32:36This doesn't mean that people are incapable of doing good things.
511. 32:40It means that apart from God, our nature is bent toward self-centeredness, pride, and rebellion.
512. 32:47We don't just make mistakes.
513. 32:49We sinned.
514. 32:50Unsigned separates us from a holy God.
515. 32:53Read Our People Basically Good by Dr. Alex McFarland at thestand.net.
516. 32:59The Hamilton Quarter Podcast and One-Minute Common Terrets are available at EFR.net.
517. 33:10Back to the Hamilton Quarter on American Family Radio.
518. 33:14Welcome back to the Hamilton Corner, Abraham Hamilton the third here into the thick of it we go.
519. 33:20So much of what Tom Brady said, and at the end I said Thomas Edward Brady, Tom Brady said a lot
520. 33:27lot of good things there. Some things I really agree with, but there's one huge thing that
521. 33:30I greatly disagree with. Tom Brady says, why does it have to be mutually exclusive? When
522. 33:39Scotty Sheplet said he'd rather be a better father and husband than a good golfer. My question
523. 33:44is, why are those mutually exclusive? They're different blocks on the pyramid, but they are
524. 33:53part of the same pyramid. They're connected. Tom Brady went to go on and say, listen, my
525. 33:57my laser focus, the way I work, it's important for our children to understand our work ethics.
526. 34:02You teach by what you do, not only what you say.
527. 34:05Your children are watching everything you do, I agree with that.
528. 34:07Your children watch everything you do.
529. 34:10From whence they express your more is caught and taught.
530. 34:13But just because there's a lot that's caught doesn't mean you shouldn't teach.
531. 34:20What is it?
532. 34:21A, that you're saying that Tom Brady missed.
533. 34:25I'll point it out for you.
534. 34:30Tom Brady seemed, seems to have truncated
535. 34:34Scotty Sheffler's comments.
536. 34:38Before the British Open, to him being a great father.
537. 34:44But I want you to notice, and in fact, let me play it again.
538. 34:47Jeff, would you please play clip number one one more time
539. 34:49just so that people understand what I'm saying?
540. 34:51And I want you guys to listen.
541. 34:52I'll narrate it a little bit as this is playing.
542. 34:54Because notice Scotty Sheffler doesn't merely say,
543. 34:57I'd rather be a great father than a great golfer.
544. 35:00Listen closely to what he says.
545. 35:01But one Jeff go.
546. 35:05I love the challenge.
547. 35:06I love being able to play this game for a living.
548. 35:07It's one of the greatest joys of my life.
549. 35:09But does it fill the deepest, you know, wants and desires of my heart?
550. 35:14Absolutely not.
551. 35:14You know, that's why I talk about family is being my priority because it really is.
552. 35:17You know, I'm blessed to be able to come out here and play golf.
553. 35:20But if my golf ever started affecting my home life or it ever affected the relationship
554. 35:25I have with my wife or with my son, that's going to be the last day that I play out here.
555. 35:28I heard that.
556. 35:29If my golf ever affected my home life,
557. 35:34the relationship that I have, who did he say first?
558. 35:38With my wife and with my son.
559. 35:41Notice that priority.
560. 35:43See the big miss I think that Tom Brady has in his perspective
561. 35:47is that he minimized and almost seemed to exclude
562. 35:52from his calculation in his commentary.
563. 35:56That Tom, that Scotty Scheffler is not only talking
564. 35:59being a great dad. That's not all he's talking about. Scotty
565. 36:07Scheffler is talking about being a great husband. And if you
566. 36:13pair the comments before the British open with the comments,
567. 36:15well, I actually watched the whole the whole interview and
568. 36:18before the British open and after he won it, he says, in order,
569. 36:21my priorities are my faith, my family, and then golf. Tom
570. 36:27Brady seemed to have reduced what Scotty Scheffler said to
571. 36:32being a great father, and this is where the rub comes in.
572. 36:38And I think, because you cannot deny a person's personal context
573. 36:45and how that influences their commentary.
574. 36:49Tom Brady took issue with Scottie Sheffler's comments.
575. 36:51They rubbed him, I believe,
576. 36:55because they contrast with Tom Brady's perspective.
577. 36:59See, Tom Brady, NFL Super Bowl Champion, seven times over,
578. 37:02though he did have this disease called Eli Manningism.
579. 37:06Two times, you call it twice, you know, it's almost like Schmove.
580. 37:08You take the shot and then get it again, you know?
581. 37:10He had, you know, seven-time Super Bowl champions,
582. 37:1310-time Super Bowl appearances, NFL, great quarterback.
583. 37:18But here's the reality.
584. 37:20Tom Brady has multiple children by two different women.
585. 37:26Tom Brady's oldest son was the product of his relationship
586. 37:30with Bridget Moynihan, the actress Bridget Moynihan.
587. 37:32She plays Aaron Reagan in the Blue Blood series.
588. 37:36You know, he never married Bridget Moynihan.
589. 37:39He then married the model,
590. 37:42Jazelle Bunchen and had two children,
591. 37:43which is all Bunchen.
592. 37:45And they divorced.
593. 37:47I don't wanna feed into the rumor mills.
594. 37:49There was speculation about Jazelle Bunchen
595. 37:51wanting him to focus more on home,
596. 37:53then playing football, Tom Brady retired,
597. 37:55went back to playing football.
598. 37:56I'm not gonna get into speculation there,
599. 37:57but what I will say is that Tom Brady
600. 38:02has multiple children by multiple women.
601. 38:07In all Tom Brady's successes,
602. 38:11he was unable to maintain the matrimonial bond
603. 38:16that he had with his wife, just a whole bunch.
604. 38:17For whatever reason, I don't know the inner workers
605. 38:20of their marriage, I don't know any of that,
606. 38:22but the facts are the facts.
607. 38:25Many people will say to Tom Brady, you know,
608. 38:27as an amazing father, I don't know him personally,
609. 38:29I don't know his relationship with his children,
610. 38:31but the one thing that I do know is that Tom Brady
611. 38:35has dissolved his marital union to the mother
612. 38:38of several of his children.
613. 38:41And I believe the hit dog that's hollering
614. 38:44when Scotty Sheffler says that my life priorities
615. 38:46are my faith and my family with my wife first.
616. 38:52And that if my professional golf career
617. 38:58ever deliciously affected my home life
618. 39:01starting first with my relationship with my wife.
619. 39:06Guess which one is gonna go?
620. 39:09And a my wife guess who's gonna go?
621. 39:12Professional golfing.
622. 39:15It seems Scotty Scheffler's articulation of his life priorities contrast with Tom Brady's
623. 39:20life prior.
624. 39:23Now, while I agree your commitment to professionalism, your commitment to the trade by which you provide
625. 39:28material revenue and support for your family and your children being able to watch your dedication
626. 39:33and commitment to being the best, if not one of the best and not the best in your profession
627. 39:38is a profound and necessary lesson for your children.
628. 39:43However, not at the expense of your commitment,
629. 39:47your demonstrable commitment to your wife.
630. 39:52See, what Tom Brady fails to recognize,
631. 39:54one of the indispensable ingredients,
632. 39:58and this is where Christ following
633. 40:00in the culture surrounding us,
634. 40:03they rub against one another.
635. 40:04The world won't agree with this,
636. 40:05but guess what, I don't care,
637. 40:06because the Bible teaches us.
638. 40:08One of the indispensable ingredients to being a great father
639. 40:13is being a great husband.
640. 40:19One of the indispensable ingredients to being a godly father
641. 40:24is being a godly husband.
642. 40:29You see, I can write it off all the sociological data
643. 40:33that we had that talks about one of the foundational
644. 40:35ingredients for children to thrive.
645. 40:37It's for the children to be reared in a home
646. 40:40where their father married, sorry,
647. 40:42where their father is married to their mother
648. 40:45and they rear their children in the environment of marital fidelity and commitment
649. 40:52that contrary to what Tom Brady may believe that one of the hurdles that he has introduced into his children's lives
650. 41:00is that they're going to have to overcome the dissolution of the relationship between their father and their mother.
651. 41:09You can say whatever you want, but this is a fact.
652. 41:13This is where the Charles Spurgeon application of discernment is necessary.
653. 41:17Yes, Tom Brady with all of his Super Bowls.
654. 41:19all of his professional accomplishments, all of his wealth.
655. 41:22A lot of people in the world believe Tom Brady to be handsome.
656. 41:26He's a slim Gaston from Beauty and the Beast.
657. 41:28This world cleft in my chin like Gaston.
658. 41:31As a specimen, yes, I'm in team of dating.
659. 41:37A lot of people think Tom Brady's advice is worth listening to
660. 41:40for all of those reasons.
661. 41:41His professional accomplishments, his wealth.
662. 41:43Oh, he's amazing.
663. 41:45Listen, be careful.
664. 41:48Don't let Tom Brady get you put in a blender.
665. 41:52Well, you say, yes, I am being a great father
666. 41:54by being dedicated to my occupation.
667. 41:58Being dedicated to the occupation is a necessary component,
668. 42:02but not at the expense of being a great husband.
669. 42:06One of the most important things I can do for my children,
670. 42:09one of the most important lessons I can offer my children
671. 42:12is demonstrably teaching them what it looks like
672. 42:15for a man to love his wife as Christ loved the church.
673. 42:20Know, Mr. Brady, Scotty Scheffler isn't confused,
674. 42:23trying to figure out his priorities.
675. 42:24No, no, no, no.
676. 42:25He has his priorities very clear.
677. 42:27Your objection is because his priorities
678. 42:30don't reflect your priorities.
679. 42:32His priorities showing that you can be the world
680. 42:35number one golfer.
681. 42:36You can be the number one in your profession.
682. 42:38You can be an amazing professional athlete,
683. 42:40but have your head put on straight to where you know
684. 42:42as great as I am at golf, my first responsibility
685. 42:45is to my wife.
686. 42:48That's my first responsibility.
687. 42:51There's no way you can become the world number one golfer
688. 42:53if you are horrible at playing golf.
689. 42:55There's no way you could be the world's number one golfer
690. 42:57if you just, hey, I just, you know, hey,
691. 43:00I hit it in the bunker, I dropped another ball
692. 43:04in the drink in the water, there's no way.
693. 43:09It reminds me of in John's recording of the gospel
694. 43:13after Lazarus was resurrected
695. 43:15and Jesus' popularity was spreading
696. 43:17and the religious leaders of the day
697. 43:20wanted to stop the fame and the acclaim of Jesus
698. 43:23from spreading.
699. 43:24But what are you gonna do?
700. 43:25He raised Lazarus from the dead.
701. 43:27I mean, you remember the scene?
702. 43:29They had started the morning party,
703. 43:31the wailing women had come out.
704. 43:32Even Lazarus's own sister said to Jesus,
705. 43:34man, if you'd have been here four days ago,
706. 43:38then Jesus said, show me where you laid him.
707. 43:43Jesus called Lazarus back to life, resurrected Lazarus.
708. 43:49And then what happened?
709. 43:50They religiously just came up with a plan.
710. 43:52They came up with a plot.
711. 43:54They wanted to kill Jesus,
712. 43:56but they didn't only want to kill Jesus,
713. 43:57what is the other part of their plot?
714. 43:58You remember this from the scripture?
715. 44:00They also planned to kill Lazarus.
716. 44:01Now think about this, Lazarus had already died,
717. 44:04Jesus has resurrected him.
718. 44:05Remember I said that the profound
719. 44:08Hamilton corner maxim sin makes you stupid.
720. 44:11Jesus has already raised his man from the dead,
721. 44:13yet the religious leaders were planning,
722. 44:14well let's kill him.
723. 44:15Jesus has already showed you that he is
724. 44:19the resurrection in the life,
725. 44:20but they're still saying, hey, well let's kill him.
726. 44:23Why did they plot to kill Lazarus
727. 44:26after Jesus raised him from the dead?
728. 44:28Because they wanted to kill the evidence
729. 44:31that a countervailing theological understanding
730. 44:35would gain footing.
731. 44:37Why does Scotty Sheffler's comments
732. 44:40rile Tom Brady to the point where he writes
733. 44:42a whole article about Scotty Sheffler?
734. 44:44I mean, you Tom Brady, you the greatest of all time.
735. 44:47Man, you won't have enough rings
736. 44:48on one handful of your Super Bowl wins.
737. 44:50Why are you worrying about Scotty Sheffler?
738. 44:52I'll tell you why, because Scotty Sheffler's accomplishments
739. 44:56and his commentary with his priority hierarchy
740. 45:01violates Tom Brady's internal constitution.
741. 45:05So he felt like, no, I need to smack this down right now.
742. 45:08See, I don't want, I don't want noise to spread
743. 45:10that you actually can be number one
744. 45:12in your athletic profession,
745. 45:14but you have the perspective, man, this ain't all my life.
746. 45:18Yeah, I'm good at golf, but that ain't my whole life.
747. 45:21My life begins with my commitment to my Lord,
748. 45:24because God is a chef, lives a Christian,
749. 45:25professing to be a Christian.
750. 45:27And after my commitment to my Lord,
751. 45:29my life is committed to my family.
752. 45:31And the first one that I'm committed to in my family
753. 45:33is my wife.
754. 45:39Tom Brady couldn't allow that to stand.
755. 45:41No, no, no, no, no.
756. 45:42See, well, Scotty, Scotty, you know,
757. 45:43he's just, he's a young pup.
758. 45:45He doesn't understand.
759. 45:46He may be still trying to figure out his priorities.
760. 45:47No, Tom, he knows what his priorities are.
761. 45:49You have a problem with what these impressive priorities are.
762. 45:53Why can't you just congratulate Scotty,
763. 45:54and go on about your business?
764. 45:56No, because you have to,
765. 45:59you have to use a Serena Williams racket
766. 46:03and swat away the Sheffler disposition.
767. 46:08And the reader and everybody know the way
768. 46:09is the mama mentality, the way is the Tom Brady mentality.
769. 46:12This is the way you're greatest of all time.
770. 46:13This is the way you're greatest, this is the way you do it.
771. 46:15No, no, it's not.
772. 46:16It's not.
773. 46:18It's not.
774. 46:22Scotty Sheffler saying that he is not willing
775. 46:24to allow his profession to destroy his family.
776. 46:29That's what he's saying Tom.
777. 46:32And if you were to take it to say,
778. 46:34wait, why does this have to be mutually exclusive?
779. 46:36No, it's not mutual exclusivity, Tom.
780. 46:39I'm gonna go back to Tom Brady's specific comments.
781. 46:44He said, quote, as part of his answer at media day,
782. 46:46for example, Scottie said he'd rather be of better father
783. 46:49and husband than a good golfer.
784. 46:52And my question is, why are those mutually exclusive?
785. 46:58Look at what Scottie Shuffler said.
786. 47:00He said he would rather be a better husband and father
787. 47:05than a good golfer.
788. 47:06That's not talking about exclusivity.
789. 47:08He's not saying he can be a great golfer or a great father.
790. 47:13No, he is actually articulating what you say
791. 47:16it was on your pyramid.
792. 47:17And Jeff, go ahead and put it on the screen.
793. 47:19Right there, you see, he's got his shuffle.
794. 47:20He's sitting at the dais with the trophy next to him.
795. 47:25He just won the tournament,
796. 47:27but he's simply explaining that he can be a good golfer,
797. 47:31but that's not his primary commitment.
798. 47:34And in rub time braided the wrong way,
799. 47:36because Tom Brady wants you to have this perspective
800. 47:38of y'all, you can be either an amazing golfer.
801. 47:43He's presented it as if Scottie Shepp was saying,
802. 47:45he has me either an amazing golfer
803. 47:47or a great husband or father.
804. 47:49Scottie Shepp was saying, no, no, no, no.
805. 47:51I'm not saying it's either or Tom.
806. 47:53I'm saying there's one that comes higher
807. 47:56on my personal priority list than the other.
808. 47:59That's what he's saying.
809. 48:00And his priorities are right.
810. 48:03His priorities are right.
811. 48:05Anything that comes against his home
812. 48:07is he would recognize as a foreign invader.
813. 48:09So what he's simply saying is that he's not trying
814. 48:12to figure out his priorities, he has his priorities clear.
815. 48:14The fact is, it seems from Tom Brady's article
816. 48:17that he doesn't like Scotty Scheffler's priorities.
817. 48:20He wants Scotty Scheffler to view professional achievement
818. 48:23and acclaim to be equally as important
819. 48:25as his commitment to his home.
820. 48:27And that, my friends, is a misordered priority.
821. 48:31Scotty Scheffler has a right, Tom Brady,
822. 48:33you can throw a football,
823. 48:35but I wouldn't listen to your advice on this one.
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