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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 45 years. He has 3 married children and 10 grandchildren.
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Thanksgiving – an Economic Story
You know the Pilgrim story about the first Thanksgiving. Did you ever hear it as a lesson in human nature and economics? ♦ We all know the Thanksgiving story about the Pilgrims and their first bountiful harvest of 1621. We are… Read More ›
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Praying for Self-Inflicted Wounds?
Are you praying or seeking prayer help for issues that arise out of your own mistakes and actions? Are you praying for the healing of self-inflicted wounds? ♦ The woman selected her grade school child’s teacher based on hearsay research. Now… Read More ›
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Upsetting Your Belief System
The American presidential election has had a jarring effect on people across the nation and world. What may be upset is actually one’s belief system or program of belief. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. ♦ I read this week that… Read More ›
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God is Bigger Than We Think
A tragic accident after a series of premonitions and anxious prayer. Is God real or is life coincidental? Does God care or are all things just random? ♦ The young teenager believes in God but struggles with teenage angst and rebellion…. Read More ›
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A Presidential Prayer
There are Biblical implications that God is pleased or displeased by the choices of leadership. We would do well to present our petitions and prayers to God. ♦ Leaders are mere people like any of us, therefore anyone can rise up… Read More ›
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Are You Inferior?
Are you winning in life or are you losing? Is it you or your circumstances? Is it bad luck or bad you? Are you inferior? ♦ I recall a clever story from my youth: Seymour had an inferior car. He determined… Read More ›
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Faith and Politics – How to Mix
Though we are certainly not a theocracy, as we angst over the election of our next President/King we may gain some perspective by looking at historic Israel at a culturally similar time. ♦ Imagine one living in the mid 7th century BC… Read More ›
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Knowing Your Spouse, Really
To know someone is a good thing. To really know someone beyond friendship and accumulated knowledge is even better. What about knowing someone in a Godly sense? It’s beyond what you may think. ♦ I had an epiphany of sorts this week… Read More ›
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How Can You Be So Sure?
Is your faith built on faulty assumptions? Do you have blind faith? How can Christianity be true? Is it the only way? How can you be so sure? Got a 2 minute answer? ♦ Good questions. Certainly ones that can easily… Read More ›
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A Christian View of Pornography (Part 3 of 3)
Pornography brings guilt and shame, but not to all. Some have no issue with it whatsoever. My goodness, what have we become? ♦ I once heard a pastor talk about the time he was counselling a young Christian college student who… Read More ›
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A Christian View of Pornography (Part 2)
Porn is a male problem, right? Wrong. Women can be ensnared as well. Certainly women are impacted by a boyfriend or husband who engages with pornography. ♦ For men and women the human sex drive is profoundly strong and compelling. Like… Read More ›
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A Christian View of Pornography (Part 1)
Here’s a topic often left behind closed doors, particularly in church settings. Certainly not in mixed company. Why? Because it’s embarrassing and well, private. It shouldn’t be. ♦ Men do it. Women now do it. Even children are doing it. Doing… Read More ›
Biblical Viewpoint 