A minor pet peeve of mine--the actual title of the song is "Sometimes by Step," not "Step by Step." Although the verses are far less frequently sung than the chorus (they are beautifully-written but not as easy to sing along to), so maybe it's fitting that "Step by Step" refers to the chorus by itself.

Hmmm... Upon a little Googling I discovered that "Step by Step" *was* originally just the chorus, and was recorded with that name. Mullins later added verses to it, and recorded that version as "Sometimes by Step." I only have a CD with the latter.

Anyway, RM was a great musician and person. I was in college when he died, and a friend who went to his memorial service said he met an EMT there who responded to the accident scene. The EMT said he/she found Bibles, devotional books, sheet music, and similar items scattered at the scene, and remarked that he/she could tell what kind of person had been in the accident even before they knew who it was. Kind of profound when you think about it.

The "Step by Step" version is the one I had in mind. We had it in our rotation when I helped lead music for our campus's evangelical group (along with "Awesome God" of course)

Step By Step was not written by RM, it was written by David "Beaker" Strasser. RM later came to add verses to it and thereof titled it "Sometimes By Step." The "Sometimes" coming from the verses and the "By Step" coming from the original chorus. Hasn't anyone noticed that the song never has the lyrics "sometimes by step" written anywhere in it. Anyways, just thought I'd clarify for everone (although i seem to year a year late on the reply here). God bless!