Sunday Renewal | Christian Podcast, Biblical Encouragement, Spiritual Growth

Ernest H. Benjamin
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Welcome to Sunday Renewal — a weekly podcast for anyone who feels spiritually tired, distracted, or distant from God.  Hosted by Ernest Benjamin — a preacher, entrepreneur, husband, and father with nearly two decades in ministry — each episode brings you back to what matters: Scripture, stillness, and the presence of God.  No hype. No performance pressure. Just honest teaching that helps you reconnect with the One who renews you.  Every Sunday, you'll find clarity when life feels chaotic, hope when faith feels fragile, and rest when your soul is weary.  If you're ready to stop running on empty and start walking with God again, hit subscribe.  Follow us: @sundayrenewal  Contact: support@sundayrenewal.com 

  1. 15h ago

    84 | When the Brook Dries Up: Trusting God in Changing Circumstances (1 Kings 17:1–7)

    Send us Fan Mail What happens when the very thing God gave you begins to disappear? The job. The relationship. Your health. The season of stability you thought would last. In 1 Kings 17, Elijah obeys God completely and still watches the brook God provided begin to dry up. Why? Because sometimes God changes the provision without ever changing His faithfulness. In this new series through the life of Elijah, we'll discover that God's greatest work isn't always in changing our circumstances. Often, it's in changing what we're trusting. If you're walking through uncertainty, loss, or a season where life feels different than you expected, this message is for you.  In This Episode, We'll Discuss:  ✅ Why God sometimes allows the brook to dry up  ✅ The difference between trusting God's gifts and trusting God Himself  ✅ How Elijah learned dependence before public ministry  ✅ What God's faithfulness really means according to Scripture  ✅ Why changing circumstances don't mean God has changed  ✅ How to find peace when the future feels uncertain The brook may change. The God who provides never does. 🎧 Listen now to Episode 84 | When the Brook Dries Up: Trusting God in Changing Circumstances (1 Kings 17:1–7). RESOURCES 📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day. https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠ ✨ For Families: The Devo Kids Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word. Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com Support the show Support the Show: Want to help us reach more people with God’s Word? Consider supporting the podcast with a donation. Your generosity fuels this ministry and helps us create even more resources for you. Click here to learn more: One-Time Donation (Paypal) $3+ Monthly Subscription

    84 | When the Brook Dries Up: Trusting God in Changing Circumstances (1 Kings 17:1–7)

  2. Jul 19

    83 | The Difference the Gospel Makes with Hiram Kemp

    Send us Fan Mail What practical difference is the gospel making in your life? Not just in what you believe. But in how you love. How you forgive. How you approach difficult people. How you handle broken relationships. The book of Philemon reminds us that the gospel was never meant to stay in our heads. It was designed to transform the way we live every day. In this special guest episode, my friend Hiram Kemp opens one of the New Testament's shortest books to reveal one of its biggest truths: the gospel changes everything. If it has truly changed your relationship with God, it should also change your relationships with people.  In This Episode, We'll Discuss:  ✅ Why the gospel transforms more than your eternity  ✅ How grace changes the way you approach people  ✅ What forgiveness and reconciliation look like in real life  ✅ Why your past no longer has to define your future  ✅ How the gospel empowers you to do hard things  ✅ What the book of Philemon teaches about everyday discipleship The gospel isn't just something you believe. It's something you live. 🎧 Listen now to Episode 83: The Difference the Gospel Makes with guest speaker Hiram Kemp. RESOURCES 📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day. https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠ ✨ For Families: The Devo Kids Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word. Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com Support the show Support the Show: Want to help us reach more people with God’s Word? Consider supporting the podcast with a donation. Your generosity fuels this ministry and helps us create even more resources for you. Click here to learn more: One-Time Donation (Paypal) $3+ Monthly Subscription

    83 | The Difference the Gospel Makes with Hiram Kemp

  3. Jul 12

    82 | Examining Future Leaders: Protecting the Church Before Problems Begin (1 Timothy 5:22) Pt. 2

    Send us Fan Mail What if the greatest protection for Christ's church isn't better policies...but better stewardship? In the final message of our series on church leadership, Paul gives one last command: "Keep yourself pure." Before we can faithfully lead others...we must faithfully guard our own hearts. Because every leadership decision reveals something about the leader making it. In this episode, we conclude our study of 1 Timothy 5 by exploring the weight of spiritual stewardship, the responsibility leaders carry before God, and why no human shepherd can perfectly fulfill Christ's standard. That's why our hope has never been in perfect elders. Our hope has always been in the perfect Shepherd. In This Episode, We'll Discuss: ✅ What Paul means by "sharing in the sins of others" ✅ Why leadership decisions carry lasting responsibility ✅ The connection between personal integrity and public leadership ✅ How churches can protect future generations through faithful stewardship ✅ Why every leader ultimately points beyond himself to Jesus Christ ✅ The hope every wounded church and every imperfect leader needs Every shepherd falls short. Only One never has. 🎧 Listen now to Episode 82 | Examining Future Leaders: Protecting the Church Before Problems Begin (Part 2) and discover why Christ remains the faithful Shepherd of His church. RESOURCES 📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day. https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠ ✨ For Families: The Devo Kids Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word. Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com Support the show Support the Show: Want to help us reach more people with God’s Word? Consider supporting the podcast with a donation. Your generosity fuels this ministry and helps us create even more resources for you. Click here to learn more: One-Time Donation (Paypal) $3+ Monthly Subscription

    82 | Examining Future Leaders: Protecting the Church Before Problems Begin (1 Timothy 5:22) Pt. 2

  4. Jul 5

    81 | Examining Future Leaders: Protecting the Church Before Problems Begin (1 Timothy 5:22)

    Send us Fan Mail Leadership failures don’t start when the scandal breaks. They often start years earlier, with rushed decisions and overlooked warning signs. In 1 Timothy 5:22, Paul offers the church a safeguard: Don’t be hasty in appointing leaders. Preventing future failures begins before they ever start. This episode is a call to patience, discernment, and character-first leadership selection so the next generation doesn’t repeat the mistakes of the past. In This Episode, We'll Discuss: ✅ Why most leadership failures could have been prevented ✅ What "laying hands hastily" actually means for leadership selection ✅ How to prioritize character over charisma in future leaders ✅ Why rushing appointments can harm both leaders and congregations ✅ How waiting on God’s timing can protect the church for years to come 🎧 Listen now to Episode 81 | Examining Future Leaders: Protecting the Church Before Problems Begin. RESOURCES 📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day. https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠ ✨ For Families: The Devo Kids Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word. Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com Support the show Support the Show: Want to help us reach more people with God’s Word? Consider supporting the podcast with a donation. Your generosity fuels this ministry and helps us create even more resources for you. Click here to learn more: One-Time Donation (Paypal) $3+ Monthly Subscription

    81 | Examining Future Leaders: Protecting the Church Before Problems Begin (1 Timothy 5:22)

  5. Jun 28

    80 | Holding Leaders Accountable: Justice, Truth, and Church Leadership (1 Timothy 5:19–21) Pt. 2

    Send us Fan Mail Can a church pursue justice without becoming harsh? Can it show grace without compromising truth? In 1 Timothy 5:20–21, Paul answers both questions. When the sin of a church leader is confirmed and remains unrepentant, Scripture doesn't call the church to silence. It calls the church to courageous accountability. Not to shame. Not to seek revenge. But to protect Christ's church and call sinners to repentance. Yet Paul also warns against the opposite danger: favoritism. Justice cannot depend on personality, popularity, or position. Whether confronting sin or extending grace, God's people must pursue the truth without partiality because every decision is made before the presence of God. In this episode, we'll discuss: ✅ Why public rebuke is meant to protect the church—not humiliate leaders ✅ The difference between accountability and vengeance ✅ Why repentance changes how the church responds to sin ✅ What it means to lead and judge without favoritism ✅ How Christ calls His church to pursue both justice and grace ✅ Why every leadership decision is made before the presence of God Healthy churches don't choose between truth and love. They pursue both. Because Christ protects His church when His people steward leadership according to His design. 🎧 Listen now to Episode 80: Holding Leaders Accountable: Justice, Truth, and Church Leadership (Part 2). RESOURCES 📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day. https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠ ✨ For Families: The Devo Kids Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word. Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com Support the show Support the Show: Want to help us reach more people with God’s Word? Consider supporting the podcast with a donation. Your generosity fuels this ministry and helps us create even more resources for you. Click here to learn more: One-Time Donation (Paypal) $3+ Monthly Subscription

    80 | Holding Leaders Accountable: Justice, Truth, and Church Leadership (1 Timothy 5:19–21) Pt. 2

  6. Jun 21

    79 | Holding Leaders Accountable: Justice, Truth, and Church Leadership (1 Timothy 5:19–21)

    Send us Fan Mail What do you do when an accusation is made against a church leader? Believe it immediately? Ignore it completely? In a culture fueled by outrage, speculation, and snap judgments, Paul gives the church a better way. In 1 Timothy 5:19–21, he teaches us how to pursue justice without sacrificing truth, and how to protect both faithful leaders and vulnerable congregations in the process. Because leadership failure isn't the only danger. Sometimes churches protect leaders at all costs. Sometimes, churches destroy leaders through rumor. Both damage the body of Christ. And both happen when truth is replaced by assumptions. In this episode, we explore Paul's blueprint for leadership accountability and the biblical principle that must come before every accusation, investigation, and verdict: Truth before conclusions. In This Episode, We'll Discuss: ✅ Why God requires evidence before accusations are received ✅ The difference between accountability and gossip ✅ How churches unintentionally destroy faithful leaders ✅ Why biblical justice protects both leaders and congregations ✅ The Old Testament roots behind Paul's teaching ✅ What it means to pursue truth before reaching conclusions Whether you've been hurt by leadership failure, wounded by false accusations, or simply want to understand God's design for His church, this episode offers wisdom our churches desperately need today. 🎧 Listen now to Episode 79: Holding Leaders Accountable: Justice, Truth, and Church Leadership. RESOURCES 📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day. https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠ ✨ For Families: The Devo Kids Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word. Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com Support the show Support the Show: Want to help us reach more people with God’s Word? Consider supporting the podcast with a donation. Your generosity fuels this ministry and helps us create even more resources for you. Click here to learn more: One-Time Donation (Paypal) $3+ Monthly Subscription

    79 | Holding Leaders Accountable: Justice, Truth, and Church Leadership (1 Timothy 5:19–21)

  7. Jun 14

    78 | Honoring Faithful Elders: Why Church Leadership Matters (1 Timothy 5:17-18)

    Send us Fan Mail Church leadership is under more scrutiny than ever. Scandals. Abuse. Cover-ups. Failed accountability. Many Christians today aren't just asking who should lead the church. They're asking whether church leadership can be trusted at all. But long before today's headlines, God gave His church a blueprint for leadership stewardship. In 1 Timothy 5:17-18, Paul begins in a surprising place. Not with discipline. Not with accusations. Not with warnings. He begins with honor. Because faithful spiritual leadership is one of Christ's gifts to His church. In this first message of our new series, The Stewardship of Church Leadership, we explore why honoring faithful elders matters, what "double honor" actually means, and how Christ cares for His church through the leaders He provides. In this episode, we'll discuss: ✅ Why leadership failures make biblical leadership more important—not less ✅ What the Bible means by "double honor" ✅ How faithful elders serve as under-shepherds of Christ ✅ Why churches often overlook faithful leadership ✅ The connection between honor, support, and spiritual health ✅ How Christ protects His church through leadership according to His design The church belongs to Christ. And Christ loves His church enough to tell us how it should be led. 🎧 Listen now to Episode 78: Honoring Faithful Elders: Why Church Leadership Matters. This is Part 1 of our three-part series, The Stewardship of Church Leadership. RESOURCES 📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day. https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠ ✨ For Families: The Devo Kids Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word. Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com Support the show Support the Show: Want to help us reach more people with God’s Word? Consider supporting the podcast with a donation. Your generosity fuels this ministry and helps us create even more resources for you. Click here to learn more: One-Time Donation (Paypal) $3+ Monthly Subscription

    78 | Honoring Faithful Elders: Why Church Leadership Matters (1 Timothy 5:17-18)

  8. Jun 7

    77 | How to Enjoy God's World, God's Way w/ Hiram Kemp

    Send us Fan Mail What if enjoying life is actually part of God's design? Many people fall into one of two extremes. Some believe the only way to enjoy life is to run from God and chase whatever feels good. Others believe the only way to be spiritual is to withdraw from the world and endure life until heaven. According to Ecclesiastes, both approaches miss the point. In this special guest episode, my good friend and gospel preacher Hiram Kemp walks through one of the Bible's most misunderstood books and reveals a better way. A way to love God deeply, pursue holiness, keep your eyes on eternity—and still enjoy the life God has given you right now. Through seven practical principles from Ecclesiastes, you'll discover how God intends for His people to experience work, relationships, food, seasons of life, and everyday blessings as gifts from His hand. In this episode, we'll discuss: ✅ Why both worldliness and withdrawal miss God's design ✅ How to enjoy your work as a gift from God ✅ What Ecclesiastes teaches about food, rest, and gratitude ✅ Why comparison quietly steals joy ✅ How healthy relationships deepen your enjoyment of life ✅ Learning to trust the seasons God has you in ✅ Why life itself is a gift meant to be received with thanksgiving You don't have to choose between holiness and joy. You can enjoy God's world God's way. 🎧 Listen now to Episode 77: How to Enjoy God's World, God's Way with Hiram Kemp. RESOURCES 📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day. https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠ ✨ For Families: The Devo Kids Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word. Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com Support the show Support the Show: Want to help us reach more people with God’s Word? Consider supporting the podcast with a donation. Your generosity fuels this ministry and helps us create even more resources for you. Click here to learn more: One-Time Donation (Paypal) $3+ Monthly Subscription

    77 | How to Enjoy God's World, God's Way w/ Hiram Kemp
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Welcome to Sunday Renewal — a weekly podcast for anyone who feels spiritually tired, distracted, or distant from God.  Hosted by Ernest Benjamin — a preacher, entrepreneur, husband, and father with nearly two decades in ministry — each episode brings you back to what matters: Scripture, stillness, and the presence of God.  No hype. No performance pressure. Just honest teaching that helps you reconnect with the One who renews you.  Every Sunday, you'll find clarity when life feels chaotic, hope when faith feels fragile, and rest when your soul is weary.  If you're ready to stop running on empty and start walking with God again, hit subscribe.  Follow us: @sundayrenewal  Contact: support@sundayrenewal.com 

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