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Sunday Renewal | Christian Podcast, Biblical Encouragement, Spiritual Growth
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.
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Contact: support@sundayrenewal.com
Episodes
72 episodes
71 | WHAT CHRIST SEES THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN
What if the problem isn’t your consistency… but your heart?You can show up.Serve.Stay faithful.And still be drifting.In Revelation 2, Jesus speaks to a church that looked strong:Hardworking.Doctrinall...
70 | OVERWHELMED: God's Image in the People You Can't Stand
What if your struggle with certain people…is actually revealing what you believe about God and His image?It’s easy to say, “Everyone is made in the image of God.”Until you’re face-to-face with someone you can’t stand....
69 | OVERWHELMED: You Were Not Crowned for Decoration (Psalm 8:6–9)
What if the frustration you feel with your life isn’t because you lack purpose, but because you’re not walking in it?A crown was placed on your head.Not symbolically.Not metaphorically.Intentionally.God took dust…
68 | How Do We Age Well As Christians? with Hiram Kemp
What if aging isn’t something to resist… but something to redeem?Our culture tells us to fight it.Hide the gray.Chase youth.Stay relevant.And quietly, many people begin to fear what comes next, as if getting older m...
67 | OVERWHELMED: How God Answers Your Deepest Question About Worth (Psalm 8:3-5)
What if your struggle with worth… isn’t because you lack value, but because you’ve been measuring it the wrong way? Look at the stars.The moon.The vastness of the heavens. David did, and it overwhelmed him. ...
66 | OVERWHELMED: You Are Not Who They Said You Are (Psalm 8)
What if the reason you struggle to see your worth… is because you’ve been looking in the wrong mirror?Most of us have been answering one question our entire lives:Who am I?But the answers we’ve been living by didn’t come fr...
65 | OVERWHELMED: Wrong Lens, Wrong Life
What if the reason life feels overwhelming… isn’t your circumstances, but the lens you’re using to see them?When life is viewed only “under the sun,” everything can start to feel meaningless.Work.Achievement.Pleasure.Succ...
64 | OVERWHELMED: Man's Search for Meaning
What if the reason life feels overwhelming… is because we’re searching for meaning in a world that can’t give it?Wake up.Work.Fight traffic.Come home exhausted.Repeat.Life can slowly become a cycle that feels more ...
63 | OVERWHELMED: God's Answers for Life's Pressures
What if the pressure you’re feeling right now isn’t a sign you’re failing…But a sign you’re fighting the wrong source?Jesus made a promise most of us wish He hadn’t: “In this world you will have tribulation.”Not maybe.N...
62 | Is There Only One True Church? Pearl of Great Price (Matt 13:45–46)
What if the one thing you have been searching for is not another option but the one treasure worth everything?In Matthew 13:45–46, Jesus tells a short but piercing parable:A merchant searching for fine pearls finds one pearl of gr...
61 | How To Be Successful (God's Way)
You can win in public and lose in private.You can build something impressive and still be empty.You can climb the ladder and realize it was leaning against the wrong wall.So let me ask you a serious question: What ...
60 | When You’re Ready to Quit: The Love That Won’t Let Go (Psalm 63:3)
There are moments when you are not just tired.You are ready to quit.Not in a dramatic way.Just quietly.Internally.You are still showing up, but something inside you is slipping.Still believing, but barely.Still...
59 | When You Can't Feel God (Psalm 63)
There are seasons when you’re still showing up.Still praying.Still opening the Bible.Still trying to worship.And yet… heaven feels quiet.Prayer feels like your words hit the ceiling and fall back down.Scripture ...
58 | Jesus: A Life Like No Other with Hiram Kemp
You can’t study history without running into Jesus. Whether you want Him there or not,He stands at the center of it all. Every calendar date.Every serious conversation about meaning, truth, and hope. ...
57 | If You Lost Everything Tomorrow, Would Jesus Be Enough?
What if the real test of your faith isn’t what you gain, but what you’re willing to lose?We rarely say it out loud.But we all have something our soul has secretly crowned as essential.“If I still have this, I’m okay.<...
56 | The Necessary Thing: Choosing the Good Portion (Part II)
What if your exhaustion isn’t from doing too much…but from doing too much without listening?Many of us love Jesus deeply.We serve faithfully.We show up consistently.But somewhere along the way, our devotion turns into frus...
55 | The Necessary Thing: Choosing the Good Portion (Part I)
What if the problem isn't that you're not doing enough for God—but that you've been doing so much for Him, you've forgotten how to be with Him?Most of us started this year the same way we ended the last one: running, se...
54 | When God Sleeps Through Your Storm
What do you do when the God you know can calm the storm…seems to sleep through it instead?In Matthew 8, the disciples are in a life-threatening storm, waves breaking over the boat, seasoned fishermen convinced, “This is how we die.”...
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53 | Don't Let the World Squeeze You Into Its Mold
Worldliness isn’t loud.It doesn’t knock on the door.It slowly seeps in—into our thinking, our priorities, our homes, and even our worship.In this powerful message, Ernest exposes one of the greatest threats to spiritual ma...
52 | When God Starts Over
How do you step into a new season when the old one still has its hands on you?In Isaiah 43, God speaks straight into the heaviness of His people and into ours:“Do not remember the former things… Behold, I will do a new thing....
51 | A Biblical View of Identity in a Confused World with Hiram Kemp
Guest speaker Hiram Kemp walks us through a clear, hope-filled framework for identity—rooted not in trends or achievements, but in the God who made us in His image. This message confronts our idol-making hearts, equips us to respond...
50 | Church Hurt: What Ezekiel 34 Teaches About Corrupt Leadership (Part III)
Sometimes we wonder if God really sees what happens behind church doors — the meetings, the manipulation, the moments when power crushes people instead of protecting them.Ezekiel 34 answers that question with unmistakable clarity: God s...
49 | Church Hurt: What Ezekiel 34 Teaches About Corrupt Leadership (Part II)
Sometimes the deepest wounds don’t come from enemies—they come from leaders.From people we trusted to guide, protect, and care for us.In Ezekiel 34, God doesn’t stay silent about failed leadership. He grieves ...
48 | Church Hurt: What Ezekiel 34 Teaches About Corrupt Leadership
Let’s talk about the pain no one expects—hurt inside the church.If you’ve been shamed with Scripture, silenced in the name of “unity,” or dismissed when you spoke up, this episode is for you. In Ezekiel 34, God doesn’t look a...