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A Fathers Heart He Turned to Me

  • Apr 2, 2019
  • 1977-03-20
  • SERMONS
This handwritten sermon dates back to 1977, for the Fourth Sunday in Lent. He refers to a hymn that was written by Martin Luther, containing the title of the sermon in its lyrics.

From Repentance to Hope

  • Apr 2, 2019
  • 1992-03-22
  • SERMONS
This Lenten sermon is from 1992 and appears to be printed out from a computer, then highlighted in yellow and marked with black ink. The text mentions that it is World Hunger Sunday. The sermon was preached in Seymour, WI.

Follow His Way

  • Mar 10, 2019
  • 1980-03-02
  • SERMONS
This is a sermon from 1980 that appears to have been typed on a typewriter and then marked up with blue pen. There includes a story of him growing up on the farm and raising baby chicks.

Facing Temptation

  • Mar 10, 2019
  • 1992-03-08
  • SERMONS
This is a lenten sermon from March of 1992. It is scanned and highlighted, and the margins have references to “L” and “G”, but I don’t know what they mean.

Living in the Future Now

  • Mar 9, 2019
  • 1994-02-13
  • SERMONS
This sermon was found in digital form on a 3.5 inch floppy disk. It is from February 13, 1994. The movie “Back to the Future” is mentioned.

Fulfilling the Scripture

  • Jan 13, 2019
  • 1992-01-16
  • SERMONS
Scanned, this sermon is typed and highlighted. It mentions President “Busch”, although I don’t believe that it’s a beer reference.

A God Who Comes to Parties

  • Jan 13, 2019
  • 1995-01-15
  • SERMONS
Printed and highlighted sermon from 1995. OCR has been used to create a text version, as well. The OCR thought that God was Cod, which I found funny.

Baptism of Jesus

  • Jan 13, 2019
  • 1989-01-08
  • SERMONS
Printed and highlighted sermon from 1989. There does not appear to be a title. It references the President, and the context from 1989 is different from that of 2019.

Who's in, Who's Out?

  • Nov 26, 2018
  • 1994-11-20
  • SERMONS
This is a Christ the King Sunday sermon from 1994. It is typed and highlighted. Christ the King Sunday is the last week of the church year, as the year starts with Advent.

Straight to Christmas

  • Dec 26, 2017
  • 1989-12-25
  • SERMONS
This is a Christmas sermon from 1989. It is typed and highlighted. This was probably the last Christmas Day sermon that my dad preached in Wausau, as we were in Seymour by Christmas in 1990.
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Steven M. Larson

    This is a site containing the sermon archives of Pastor Steve Larson, who created and preached sermons from 1969 to 1997.

    This site was created by his son, Ross.

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