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Breaking Through

  • Dec 15, 2023
  • 1984-12-23
  • SERMONS
Here is a typed Advent sermon from December of 1984. There appear to be some coffee stains on the page.

A Turned-Around Christmas

  • Dec 15, 2023
  • 1978-12-24
  • SERMONS
This is a handwritten Advent sermon from 1978. It’s written in blue ink on blue paper with yellow highlighting, as well as some writing in black ink and red pencil. Since this was preached on December 24th, it’s technically a Christmas Eve sermon, and it includes some historical context of when and how Christmas started.

Born of the Virgin Mary

  • Dec 15, 2023
  • 1975-12-21
  • SERMONS
Here is a handwritten Advent sermon from December of 1975. It’s written on green paper with black ink with notes and markups in red pencil.

Advent Light

  • Dec 14, 2023
  • 1978-12-17
  • SERMONS
Here is a handwritten Advent sermon from December of 1978. It’s written with blue ink with yellow highlighting.

Do You Know Him?

  • Dec 14, 2023
  • 1975-12-14
  • SERMONS
Here is a handwritten Advent sermon from December of 1975. It’s written in black ink with highlights in yellow and marks in red pencil.

An Evening With John the Baptist

  • Dec 14, 2023
  • 1979-12-06
  • SERMONS
This sermon is a bit of an oddity. It was from December of 1979 and was performed during a midweek Advent service. Pastor Steve dressed up as John the Baptist and gave his sermon as if he had traveled through time to Wausau in 1979. The service is called “An evening with John the Baptist”.

The Gift of Change

  • Dec 7, 2023
  • 1987-12-06
  • SERMONS
Here is a printed and highlighed Advent sermon from 1987. There is a bunch of yellow highlighting as well as a few revisions in blank ink. There appears to be an adapted Scandanavian joke about underwear near the beginning of the sermon. There is a reference to the “new” green Lutheran Book of Worship, compared to the older versions.

The Straight Way

  • Dec 7, 2023
  • 1984-12-09
  • SERMONS
Here is a typed advent sermon from 1984. Given the date, it was likely preached at St. Stephen Lutheran Church in Wausau.

Lord How Shall We Receive Thee?

  • Dec 7, 2023
  • 1975-12-07
  • SERMONS
This is a handwritten Advent sermon from 1975. It is written in black pen with highlights in red pencil.

Watch ... Come

  • Nov 30, 2023
  • 19XX-11-25
  • SERMONS
Here is a typed sermon from November 25th. The year is unknown, but I suspect that it might be 1981 or 1984. It is an Advent sermon.
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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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