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Michael Griego is an active Silicon Valley businessman, consultant, author and speaker. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees from Occidental College and Stanford University. For the past 25 years he has also studied the Scriptures and taught and developed Bible study coursework for churches, seminars and home groups. He resides in northern California with his wife of 43 years. He has 3 married children and 10 grandchildren.

• Mother on Your Mind?

  By Michael Griego on May 10, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  On Mother’s Day, our Mothers need more than a day off. They need something they don’t often receive. ◊ Why do children cry out for their Mommy when they get hurt? Why do soldiers cry out for their Mother when… Read More ›

• Number 40 in the Bible

  By Michael Griego on May 3, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Numbers have symbolic meaning in the Bible. The number “40” is pervasive and connected to the fulfillment of God’s promises, not all of them positive. ◊ Ten years ago, I wrote a Biblical Viewpoint post titled The Number 40 in… Read More ›

• Viewpoints on ROMANS 6

  By Michael Griego on April 26, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Do you still sin as a Christian? Aren’t we supposed to have a “new life” and not sin anymore? Why do we keep struggling? How do we really change? ◊ If ROMANS Chapter 6 is about the Christian believer’s new… Read More ›

• Agog Over Gog and Magog?

  By Michael Griego on April 19, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  With new troubles in the Middle East, all the end times pundits come out again in droves. Here we go again. ◊ I will actually take a break from our study of ROMANS to address a hot and current topic…. Read More ›

• The Life in ROMANS 6

  By Michael Griego on April 12, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  How does one go from old to new, sin to grace, death to life? It doesn’t make sense, until one becomes a slave to righteousness. ◊ If you look at the final verses of ROMANS Chapter 5, there’s the notion… Read More ›

• Viewpoints on ROMANS 5

  By Michael Griego on April 5, 2024 • ( 2 )

  

  The Gospel of Christianity is actually a twofold choice. Most Christians really only experience half of it. ◊ Alright, let’s be clear. We’re in need of forgiveness because we’re sinful, and everyone is sinful in God’s eyes since the beginning… Read More ›

• A Friday Disaster Made Good

  By Michael Griego on March 29, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  An exciting week turning into a disaster. As these two men well know, no one was prepared for what happened on that Friday, and then with them on Sunday. ◊ The two men were absolutely devastated as they walked toward… Read More ›

• The Results in ROMANS 5

  By Michael Griego on March 22, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  So what’s so good about faith? And what does a man dying on a cross 2,000 years ago have to do with it? How does that relate to me and my life? ◊ Christians have been told that there is good… Read More ›

• Viewpoints on ROMANS 4

  By Michael Griego on March 15, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Do you have a faith that merely saves or a faith that brings you life? Not a routine humdrum life, but one that thrives? ◊ If you’ve been tracking with us through ROMANS Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4, it… Read More ›

• The Proof in ROMANS 4

  By Michael Griego on March 8, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  The concept of faith or belief in Jesus of the New Testament is anchored to an Old Testament proof point: Abraham. The significance of this connection should not be lost on anyone. ◊ I once heard a pastor at our… Read More ›

• Viewpoints on ROMANS 3

  By Michael Griego on March 1, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Is faith something we do or something we believe? Are you laden with guilt from your past and feel that you need to do more than merely believe? ◊ I had a conversation one day with another businessman about Christianity…. Read More ›

• The Faith in ROMANS 3

  By Michael Griego on February 23, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  What is the one unifying solution to our sin and guilt problem with God? Faith. That’s it? There’s got to be more to it than that, right? Not if you’re a Jew or a Gentile. ◊ If you were a… Read More ›