Articles by

Arel Koh

Finding Purpose

Full-time under 30: Discerning His calling in every season

When I was younger, I struggled with the idea of calling. “What does God really want me to do with this life of mine?” was what I always asked myself and God.  When I was wrestling with...

Do Good

Are we numbed to wastage?

I recently read about a group of Singaporeans who prepared a huge buffet spread of food for the public – free of charge. The only catch? All the food served at the event was “rescued”...

Outreach

I got street evangelism all wrong

Street evangelism. Those were the 2 words that would send shivers down my spine whenever I heard them, both as a kid and as a young person. I’m okay with the idea of evangelism, after all, it’s...

Secondary

Exam time: Church how?

It’s a Saturday evening and you’re trying to cram about 500 pages worth of lecture material in your mind. Exhausted from studying the whole day, you suddenly remember there is church in...

Devotionals

What protects you in life?

This may sound strange, but I find walls extremely interesting. World-famous walls mostly. In school, I was taught how such walls played or are playing an important role in moulding a nation’s...

Church Life

I am a Pastor’s Kid: I know the pain of being compared to someone else

I have never thought much about my Dad being a pastor, but one incident changed my mind. I was about 8 years old and attending a children’s church camp.  A pastor was preaching on the book of...

Life & Death

I came close to death when I was a kid

I have had 2 near-death experiences in my life so far. In my first one, I was just 8 years old. A few of us were playing a game of catching in the car park after school (not a wise move with...

Discipleship

Jesus, my champion and basketball MVP

I remember when James Harden was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of 2018. Being clueless about NBA, I was pretty nonchalant about the news while my friends were excitedly talking about it in...

Church Life

Do you feel lonely in church?

“God why is there no one in church I can talk to?” That was the desperate question I found myself praying after a time. I have been going to the same family church ever since I was in...