Whether people honor the birth of the world’s savior or celebrate a secular culture’s happy holiday season, it’s Christmas nonetheless and a time of reckoning. ♦ In a casual conversation she initiated about religions, I once asked a young Jewish coworker what she thought… Read More ›
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Best of New Year’s Viewpoints
Happy New Year! Another year winds down and a new one starts up. Select and read here a set of thought-provoking new year perspectives. ♦ As the holiday season comes to an official end this week, we are all once… Read More ›
Year End Reset – The AAA Plan
We’re now in that quiet period. The new year looms and we sit quietly between Christmas and New Year’s Day. It’s a wonderful time and a tremendous opportunity to prepare for an even greater year. ◊ It’s that wonderful time of… Read More ›
Best of Christmas Viewpoints
Merry Christmas! The details in and around Christmas invoke awe and wonder. They can calm and awaken our heart, mind, and spirit. Select and read here from a variety of thought-provoking stories and perspectives. ◊ Each year at this time I… Read More ›
Mary’s Magnificent “Magnificat”
The story of Mary, mother of Jesus, is an interesting case of faith, devotion, obedience, and praise. Amazing depth for one so young. ◊ Many people will be reading the Christmas story over this week. Most will focus on Luke… Read More ›
Christmas and Obedience
The Christmas Story is full of critical decision points where characters have a choice to make that have implications. Some are obedient. Some are not, and have to live with the consequences. How does this relate to us today? ◊ One… Read More ›
Christmas and John the Baptist
The Bible tells of another miraculous birth that happened at Christmastime. This one doesn’t get as much attention, but also was profoundly predicted centuries earlier. Read all about it in Luke 1. ◊ It’s interesting that we don’t really celebrate the… Read More ›
Taking the Bible Literally at Christmastime?
The Chistmas Season is a time of beauty, wonder, giving and receiving, and the Biblical story of Jesus’ birth. But are we to really take the Christmas Story literally? ◊ When I was a new Christian in high school, I… Read More ›
Assessing for New Year’s Blessing
A year winds down and another starts immediately. What did we learn this past year that helps us prepare and leads us to tomorrow? ◊ It happens like clockwork. Just like that, as we’re still in the afterglow of the Christmas… Read More ›
Have a Classical (Guitar) Christmas!
Download free on Spotify or iTunes. Merry Christmas! ◊ Have a Classical (Guitar) Christmas! (Download free on Spotify or iTunes) Merry Christmas! Michael Griego BiblicalViewpoint.com
Best of Christmas STORIES
Take the time to rest and read a short Christmas story that stirs and warms your heart. Then share these with a child or friend. Merry Christmas! ◊ I’ve always loved reading short stories that tugged at my heart. During the… Read More ›
MORE Best of Christmas QUESTIONS
It’s a good thing to keep asking questions and seeking answers. Here are 4 more good Christmas questions and answers that go deeper than the standard popular seasonal stories. ◊ Again, over the past 10 years I’ve written and posted many… Read More ›