https://signandshadow.com/tags/ecclesiastes/ Recent content in Ecclesiastes on Sign and Shadow Hugo -- gohugo.io en tommy@signandshadow.com (Tommy Keene) tommy@signandshadow.com (Tommy Keene) © 2026 Tommy Keene Wed, 18 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://signandshadow.com/2017/01/18/biblical-wisdom-a-new-blog-series/ Wed, 18 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 tommy@signandshadow.com (Tommy Keene) https://signandshadow.com/2017/01/18/biblical-wisdom-a-new-blog-series/ <p>It&rsquo;s no accident that the Bible gives us multiple types of ethical exhortation. Not everything is a command. God doesn&rsquo;t just give us &ldquo;thou shalt nots;&rdquo; in fact, since the beginning, those have been the minority. God had plenty for Adam to do in the garden, and only one don&rsquo;t. The rest of the Bible follows suit: a number of prohibitions, to be sure, and plenty of commands as well, but also encouragements, suggestions, visions, advice, riddles, and wisdom.<a href="http://www.signandshadow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/implanted-word.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><figure><img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" alt="" src="https://signandshadow.com/images/implanted-word-300x150.jpg" ></figure> </a></p>