The Stephen Phifer Bookshelf
Three Titles Now with More to Come This Year! (Lord willing!) I do a lot of writing: More than 200 articles and essays at this […]
In Spirit and Truth
Beauty, Part One
Worship and Art Psalm 50:2 NIV From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. Matthew 26:10 NIV She has done a beautiful thing to me. […]
A Craft Surrendered
The True Cost of Song-driven Worship Mark 6:3 NKJV Is this not the carpenter…? The image of Jesus working away in the carpenter’s shop […]
Finding the Physician
The Three-fold Blessing of the Balm in Gilead Jeremiah 8:20-22 NKJV “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved!” For […]
Fire and Form: Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs
Biblical Worship Music Ephesians 5:18-20 NIV Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one […]
Nostalgia Is Not Worship
Remembering without Falling Back Isaiah 46:9-10 KJV Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, […]
I Am a Worship Leader
(Author’s Note: My friend and professor in my doctoral studies, Dr. Lester Ruth, while doing research for a book on the history of the Praise […]
The Lineman and the Worship Leader (1991)
The Lineman and the Worship Leader (Author’s Note: This article was published in the Pentecostal Evangel (the weekly magazine of the Assemblies of God) in […]
Memories of Eden
What Is the Source of the Worship Impulse in the Human Heart? Psalm 16:11 NKJV You will show me the path of life; In Your […]
The Calamity of Culturally-Driven Worship Part Two: The Solution
Worship: Content The Calamity of Culturally-Driven Worship Part Two: The Solution The Holy Counterculture Isaiah 60:1-3 NKJV Arise, shine; For your light has come! And […]