How might Benjamin Franklin feel to know that his old maxim “a penny saved is a penny earned” no longer rings true? With the value of the dollar now worth only a nickel of what it was in the 1930’s, anyone who might have stored their $100 bills in a savings account at that time watched their Franklin become a Lincoln—and that’s sad on at least two levels.

Occasionally, when I’m at a store and the cashier tells me the total for my purchase, I’ll ask her, “Do you take federal reserve notes?” Usually, the cashier will pause, stare at me, and then begin to stammer as if she is trying to think of a polite way to tell me “no.” After letting her stir a little bit, [...]

In today’s edition of the Wall Street Journal, reporter David Keel wrote an article noting several events this month recognizing the legacy of John Calvin and the juxtaposition between his life and the life of Charles Darwin. He gave special note to the Reformation 500 Celebration hosted by Vision Forum Ministries, as quoted below, contrasting [...]

Back in 1961, prior to campaigning for public office, Ronald Reagan delivered this speech presenting a case against socialized medicine. No doubt he would have similar things to say today with regard to President Obama’s healthcare plan legislation.

Today we celebrate the 500th birthday of one of the greatest Christian Reformers God was pleased to bless Christendom. John Calvin, who like Martin Luther started as a lawyer turned theologian, wrote in his Commentary on the Book of Psalms: “God by a sudden conversion subdued and brought my mind to a teachable frame, which [...]

On Thursday evening at Vision Forum’s Reformation 500 event, a group of several families collected around the piano of the Boston Plaza Hotel to sing numerous old hymns in four-part harmony, and the acoustics in the hotel engulfed the lobby and Mezzanine. How joyous it was to see these families, many of them new friends [...]

What if you knew you had been living a lie before everyone you knew for years? Would you have the courage to confess your falsehood and change?

A few weeks ago I had the delight of attending the baptism of Joey Valenti in San Antonio. I mention this special event here on Persevero! because of the [...]

In 1919, after Lenin had led the Soviets to slaughter the entire Russian royal family and then set up the Cheka (his own version of the Gestapo) to hunt down all opponents of Marxism, Winston Churchill like many westerners became aghast to hear the news. He told the cabinet that Lenin and Trotsky should be [...]

PerseveroBlog: In an article released late yesterday, Al Mohler addressed the data released from the U.S. Department of Education on homeschooling in America. Part of that article appears below.
When parents were asked why they chose to homeschool their children, 36 percent cited a desire to provide children specifically religious or moral instruction. After that, [...]

As Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor stood next to President Obama on Tuesday, she declared, “I firmly believe in the rule of law.”
Brava, Judge Sotomayor! But how often have we observed a jurist who professed to not to believe in the rule of law? So far that profession seems to be untouchable. The question is [...]

When it comes to making videos, no matter how small the project may seem, things always end up getting chopped off in the editing room. This was the case even with a short segment the Vision Forum Video Department recently made for the Reformation 500 Celebration. That video gave us the opportunity to work again [...]