the sun stood still
Sunday 7/27/2025 — Dan Nygaard
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Week four in our summer series "Stranger Things in Scripture." The OT book of Joshua reports, "The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day?" How could that actually happen? Did the sun stand still? ~

Stranger Things—Sun Stood Still
Story: all is fair in war
Scripture: Joshua 10.6-14
Strange: stopping the sun
Problem: pausing earth's rotation
Principle: God fought for His people
Note: Israel worked hard for victory
theories: myth, metaphor, material, mystery
Hope: God will fight for you

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