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The Cross ... A Way of Living

  • Jan 8, 2021
  • 1997-02-23
  • SERMONS
This Lenten sermon has text, audio, highlighted sermon scans, as well as the audio of the entire service. It may be the most thorough documentation I have for any sermon so far.

What Child Is This

  • Jan 4, 2021
  • 1991-12-29
  • SERMONS
Here is a sermon from the first Sunday after Christmas in 1991. Audio is available!

He Is the Christmas Word

  • Jan 2, 2021
  • 1981-01-04
  • SERMONS
This is a typed sermon from 1981 from the Second Sunday after Christmas.

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.
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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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