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• Handel’s Christmas Musical Masterpiece

  By Michael Griego on December 24, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  You may attend a church service this Christmas week that has a choir performing Handel’s Messiah, a musical masterpiece. Do you know the full story of its composition? ♦ You’ve heard the song many times on the radio, on a recording,… Read More ›

• Christmas Prophecy Confusion

  By Michael Griego on December 20, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We do ourselves and others a disservice when we read the Bible out of context or with rigid interpretations that miss the overwhelming intricacies and rich patterns of God’s revelation to mankind. Particularly at Christmastime. ◊ When I was a… Read More ›

• Mary, Did You Really Know?

  By Michael Griego on December 13, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Imagine the fear, wonder, uncertainty and hopeful expectation of Mary, the young mother of Jesus. Did she know what was really happening? Reconsider her story voiced in a beautiful song. ◊ It was bad enough that Mary had to deal… Read More ›

• A Great Christmas Story Rarely Told

  By Michael Griego on December 6, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Everyone knows the popular Christmas story passage found in the first part of Luke Chapter 2 about the birth of Jesus in a stable in Bethlehem. Many people miss the Christmas story found in Chapter 1. ◊ During these weeks… Read More ›

• The Yellow Kite

  By Michael Griego on November 30, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  A young child’s small request causes a mother to not give up life. In this season of hope, a touching story of answered prayer when hope runs out. ♦ I read this short story every year at Christmas time to… Read More ›

• 6 Thanksgiving Stories

  By Michael Griego on November 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Looking for a good Thanksgiving story to tell or share at your Thanksgiving dinner? Here are 6 intriguing stories to inform, encourage, and enlighten you about this wonderful holiday. ◊   The Thanksgiving Holiday is a beautiful slow build into the Christmas… Read More ›

• 4 Steps to Real Spiritual Freedom

  By Michael Griego on November 22, 2019 • ( 7 )

  

  Physical freedom implies that one has been held in physical bondage. Spiritual freedom implies release from spiritual or psychological (non-physical) bondage or captivity. How do we get to real spiritual freedom? ♦ I was speaking to a group of men… Read More ›

• A Male Growth Model

  By Michael Griego on November 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  What’s the ideal model for male growth and development? Here’s a simple 5-stage model that sets a standard for all men, overlaid with a Biblical twist. ♦ I was reminded this week of the Male Growth Model which I lay… Read More ›

• Got Doubts or Convictions?

  By Michael Griego on November 8, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Do you really believe what you say you believe? if so, then, why do doubts about God still creep into your life? Could it be you are double-minded?  ◊ I actually believe that we are all double-minded to some extent…. Read More ›

• Re-Focus on the Family

  By Michael Griego on November 1, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  “Family” is not a western term, so says Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family. It’s Biblical and is found to be the unifying standard across all nations of the world. ◊ I met Jim Daly this week on… Read More ›

• Remember Who You Are?

  By Michael Griego on October 25, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  A fun story of identity impersonation. But then, are we really who we project or want to be? Do we know or remember who we really are? ◊ I once was on a business trip to Southern California and had… Read More ›

• Living Like One Set Free?

  By Michael Griego on October 18, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  If God is real and supposed to be evident in the lives of Christians, then why do Christians vary in their love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control? ◊ Ever see an unhappy Christian? Sure you have…. Read More ›

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