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A Camel on the Roof

  • Jan 19, 2023
  • 1990-01-06
  • SERMONS
Here is a typed Epiphany sermon from 1990. In the spirit of being 1990, Sadaam Hussein is mentioned by name in the sermon in comparison to Herod.

What Gift Shall I Bring?

  • Jan 13, 2023
  • 1984-01-06
  • SERMONS
Here is a typed Epiphany sermon from 1984. Because the typed text is pretty clear, I have used Google OCR to transcribe the sermon text, and it is included below the scanned image.

The Gift of Witness

  • Jan 12, 2023
  • 1974-01-06
  • SERMONS
Here is a typed Epiphany sermon from 1974 with annotations in green, red, and blue ink.

Prepare the Way

  • Dec 9, 2022
  • 197X-12-9
  • SERMONS
This sermon is a combination of typing and handwriting in red and black ink. It lists a date, but not a year. Since Advent 2 is listed, we can assume that it was a Sunday, so this sermon was probably preached in 1973 or 1979, since those are two years that 12/9 was on a Sunday.

The Price of Being Prepared

  • Dec 8, 2022
  • 1976-12-5
  • SERMONS
This sermon is typed on blue paper with notations and additions in red ink, dated from 1976.

What Time Is It?

  • Dec 1, 2022
  • 1974-12-1
  • SERMONS
Here a typed sermon from 1974 with liberal notes in blue and red ink. We’ve moved into a new lectionary year, and have restarted the three year cycle with the First Sunday in Advent in year A.

Receving With Fear or Faith?

  • Nov 17, 2022
  • 1989-11-19
  • SERMONS
Here is a typed sermon from 1989 which talks about the end times and using our gifts. The gospel text is listed as Luke 19:26. We are nearing the end of year C in the Revised Common Lectionary!

The Best and Worst of Times

  • Nov 10, 2022
  • 1986-11-16
  • SERMONS
This is a typed sermon from 1986 mentioning “Celebration Sunday”. It mentions St. Stephen Lutheran Church by name, which makes sense as he was serving in Wausau at the time.

Free Indeed

  • Oct 31, 2022
  • 1983-10-30
  • SERMONS
This is a Reformation Sunday sermon from 1983. The gospel text is listed as John 8:36.

Which One Represents You?

  • Oct 23, 2022
  • 1992-11-15
  • SERMONS
Here is a Pentecost sermon that I have two different copies scanned. One copy is highlighted with yellow highlighter, and a copy that is not highlighted. I also used OCR from Google Docs to get a text version of the sermon.
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ABOUT THE ARCHIVES
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.

    Sermon Archives uses the Hugo static site templating engine. Material for this site has been obtained from 3.5 inch floppy disks, scanned from paper, and ripped from cassette tapes.

    Temporary locations for this data include Trello boards and Google Drive. Links to those temporary locations are available upon request.

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