Music Education & Music Ministry
A good marriage, well matched from the beginning and faithfully attended to as the years go by, will invariably be a multigenerational blessing to the […]
Humility
Understanding Asbury
2 Chronicles 7:12-18 NKJV Then the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this […]
The Three Steps
Matt 16:24-25 NKJV Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Marketplaces
Cleansing the Temple John 2:13-21 Marketplaces murder worship. When worship leaders trade the prophetic for the profitable, they make a truly terrible bargain. They destroy […]
Go to the River
Go to the River But I will trust in You, Lord; I say, “You are my God.” The course of my life is in your […]