Today I Feel Pain I Have Never Felt Before
(Author’s Note: This little lament was written early in 2014. For three years, I had been orchestra director at a wonderful SBC congregation for a […]
Articles by Steve Phifer
MUSIC: Pain, Pleasure, and Promise
(Author’s Note: This essay was written during the week after Christmas, 2022. My goal was to help people who are not musicians understand what we […]
The Promise of the Star-A Novel of Healing Presence
The Nativity Story as a Faith-Fiction Novel My first novel, “The Promise of the Star,” is now available. This is my imaginative telling of the […]
Loose Him and Let Him Go
For Lead Pastors and Worship Leaders Do You Understand how to Lead Christian Artists? I believe we are about to see a Renaissance of the […]
Into the Secret Place
For all Christ-Followers It Is Time to Pray as Never Before! TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: The Call to Pray BOOK ONE: EXPOSITION Chapter One: My […]
November 23, 1966, The Day before Thanksgiving
Psalm 16:11 NKJV You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. […]
Wasted Assets
What Is the Real Cost of the Worship Arts? How do we assess the cost of public worship? The most obvious accounting would be of […]
How to Overcome Evil Part Two
(Author’s note: For Part One of this essay go to: https://stevephifer.com/how-to-overcome-evil-part-one/.) The Good Life I have a CD somewhere of my musical hero Tony Bennett […]
How to Overcome Evil Part One
Romans 12:21 NKJV Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good. The Problem of Evil For centuries philosophers and theologians have wrestled […]
7 Days of Prayer for America, 2023
INTRODUCTION A Nationwide Call to Prayer In a politically charged climate, sincere people will take action in accordance with their vision of what our country […]