Category Archives: Andrea’s Attic

“There is, among men, a universal longing to go back to the earth from whence they came.  Man will never forget his native place in Paradise lost, nor will he ever cease to yearn for a life of perfect contentment.  … Continue reading →

Yesterday, in a flurry of activity, our family relieved our home of four boxes of books and videos, some bags of donations and several other bags of things to sell. And still my home groans under the weight of “stuff.” … Continue reading →

Today we begin in Acts of the Apostles chapter 1.  The letter was written by Luke around 62-64 A.D.  It is written to Theophilus.   In Greek, the name  means  “dear to God; loved by God,” from theos “god” (see Thea) … Continue reading →

All the studies that I share are borne out of our morning Bible studies together as a family.  Each morning, before Mark goes to work, we spend at least an hour together in the Word studying out various topics.  Currently … Continue reading →

I encourage everyone to read the Scriptures for yourselves from the Bible.  It is never a good thing to take someone else’s word for it.  We must all come to our convictions based on personal study of the Word of … Continue reading →

Today we focused on  Hebrews 3:12-14     “Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that … Continue reading →

One thing that I find particularly interesting in the gospels is that the Holy Spirit allowed each individual personality to shine through.  Johnconsistently writes about himself as if he were referring to someone else and he consistently shows himself as … Continue reading →

In John Chapter 20, one of the first things that struck me was that the grave clothes were left neatly folded.  I really never noticed or thought about this before.  I know I had heard before that many were concerned … Continue reading →

Sorry, I missed yesterday!  It was, however my anniversary, so I think that is a good excuse..:-) I readily admit that I have never, ever liked reading any of the Crucifixion accounts.  I don’t like feeling pain.  I don’t like … Continue reading →