Articles by

Kenneth Chew

Studies & NS

Which would you choose: God or your grades?

For five days in a week you take on the role of student, and simply want to do your best in school. But you’re a weekend warrior for Christ. You serve in Church and believe in giving up your free...

Mental Health

An open letter to Despair, in the wake of 2016

Hello Despair, my old friend. I’d never thought it would end up like this, but our relationship has grown remarkably over 2016. I am convinced that you now deserve a place among my inner circle of...

Discipleship

Faith: Simple or simple-minded?

It’s sad how we are called to unity, yet nothing divides like religion. When confronted with doubt and growing cultural opposition to organised religion, Christians may be tempted to respond...

Christmas

Have you been looking for Santa Christ?

Christmas bells are ringing! What do you want for Christmas? Have you read your Bible daily, prayed your dues, didn’t swear or curse all year, greeted the bus driver, resisted getting a tattoo? Oh,...

Church Life

Dude, the church needs you

“5 more, bro!” my spotter yells at me as I lay on the bench, eyes bloodshot, blood pumped with adrenaline, and clothes drenched. “UP, UP, UP!” The final rep grinds to completion, and the bar...

Finding Purpose

How do I find my calling in life?

The Bible suggests that God has a special plan for you.* Not merely your choice of work or course of study, but why you exist. It’s a lofty ideal – the elegant union of power, significance,...

Discipleship

Recommended holiday reading

Welcome to the holidays. I feel for the children of today. For most of the year, you’re so bogged down with homework, projects, tuition, and CCAs that when you’re finally allowed off the hamster...

National Service

With my rifle and my buddy and me… oh, and Jesus

I do. All the time. Army songs are brilliant, and each time I pass by an army camp and hear one, I think of my two-year struggle for significance. They say that when the green camouflage comes on,...

University

Loving God, but to what degree? An undergrad’s guide to keeping the faith

On this little red dot, what you do in university is rarely what you thought you’d be doing when you were growing up. Instead, it represents the culmination of the kiasu parent’s purpose-driven...