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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.

• Christmas Dreams and Visions

  By Michael Griego on December 4, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  The stories around the birth of Jesus are filled with supernatural dreams and visions. How do we deal with this? Did these really happen or are they all nice fairy tales? ♦ Most people welcome and celebrate Christmas even as they… Read More ›

• A Thanksgiving Story – A Pilgrim’s Hope and Loss

  By Michael Griego on November 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful but also an opportunity to share a story or two about the past. Here’s a Thanksgiving story you might have forgotten…or never knew. ♦ When the kids were teenagers and I would often search… Read More ›

• When Bad Things Happen

  By Michael Griego on November 20, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  “How can I believe in God when bad things happen?” Christians seem less and less able to articulate answers that satisfy a growing, skeptical public. ♦ “How can I believe in God when bad things happen? Why does God allow this?… Read More ›

• Holy Spirit Breakdown?

  By Michael Griego on November 13, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Guilt will wear one down. Real healing and restoration comes not from therapists, medication, and good intentions, but rather from depths of faith. How do you do that? ♦ I had a friend approach me this week about an old friend of… Read More ›

• Are You the Real Deal or Something Less?

  By Michael Griego on November 6, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  We tell ourselves and others that we really love and trust God, but we really love and trust ourselves more. ♦ There’s an intriguing story in the New Testament’s Book of Acts about a man named Cornelius who had a supernatural… Read More ›

• So What’s a Christian Cult?

  By Michael Griego on October 30, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Cults are not necessarily what you might think? Christian cults are very alluring and attractive to the vulnerable masses. Who are these groups? Why do they prosper? What are the key characteristics that identify them? ♦ Many consider cults to be religious or semi-religious sects… Read More ›

• Are Mormons Christians or Not?

  By Michael Griego on October 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Are Mormons considered Christians, or are they actually a cult? At the risk of being accused of Mormon-bashing, I believe it’s high time for both Christians and Mormons to get educated on the heresy that is the Mormon faith. ♦ There’s… Read More ›

• Sickness, Healing, and Prayer – What’s Real? What’s Myth?

  By Michael Griego on October 17, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  How does it really work? What does the Bible say? What is truth and what is myth when it comes to sickness, healing and prayer? ♦ The text came in at 5:00 in the morning. My otherwise healthy wife was admitted… Read More ›

• The Unlikely Convert

  By Michael Griego on October 9, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  She was a tenured professor of English at Syracuse University, New York, where she was an outspoken lesbian activist until she received Christ in 1999. She is now a full-time mother and pastor’s wife. What? ♦ Dr. Rosaria Butterfield was a… Read More ›

• The Christian Parent Trap

  By Michael Griego on October 2, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Are you trying to raise up good, healthy, whole, wise, and productive children of faith? Beware of the real Christian parent trap. ♦ Many of us remember that classic Disney movie, The Parent Trap, starring Lindsay Lohan. Many old-timers may remember… Read More ›

• The Spouse Mentor

  By Michael Griego on September 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  What do you think of when you hear the Mentor word? Are you a mentor to someone else? Are you a fortunate one who’s being mentored by someone older and wiser? Let’s rethink the concept of mentoring: are you a… Read More ›

• The Fallacies of Blood Moons, Harbingers, and the Shemitah 2015

  By Michael Griego on September 18, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Is the world going to end or the stock market going to crash? Are we living in the Last Days? What’s all of this about Blood Moons and the Shemitah and the month of September 2015? Once again, it’s much ado… Read More ›