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What We Cannot Borrow - St. Stephen Farewell Sermon

  • Dec 31, 2020
  • 1990-11-18
  • SERMONS
This sermon comes from the farewell service from St. Stephen Lutheran Church in Wausau. Video is available!

Christ - Fulfillment of Promise

  • Dec 29, 2020
  • 1973-12-30
  • SERMONS
Here is a handwritten sermon from the first Sunday after Christmas in 1973. It seems rather festive, since the sermon is written in black, red, and green ink.

For All the Saints -- For You and Me Too!!

  • Oct 30, 2020
  • 1988-11-06
  • SERMONS
Here is a typed 1988 All Saints sermon, covering the gospel text from Matthew 5: 1-12.

When We Mourn

  • Oct 29, 2020
  • 1978-11-05
  • SERMONS
With All Saints Day coming up, I found a sermon from 1978 about mourning.

This Love Divine

  • Oct 28, 2020
  • 1988-05-29
  • SERMONS
It’s a Trinity Sunday sermon about a hymn! Along with the sermon, there are also some hymn descriptions.

The Seven Last Words - Marta Poling-Schmitt

  • Oct 26, 2020
  • 2020-04-22
  • SERMONS
Here’s a sermon from Marta Poling-Schmitt, preached remotely from Las Vegas in April of 2020, on Good Friday.

Even Unto Death

  • Apr 2, 2019
  • 1983-03-20
  • SERMONS
This typed sermon from 1983 mentions a sermon series called “Symbols That Matter”, which appears to have been preached during the Lenten season of 1983 at St. Stephen Lutheran Church in Wausau.

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.
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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.

    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.

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