Something Good with Dr. Ron Jones

You can’t get right with God by trying harder or doing better. There is only one way to be reconciled to God, and Dr. Ron Jones shares it with us next, on this Monday edition of Something Good. Some two thousand years ago, early in the Apostle Paul’s ministry, a group of people known as the Judaizers had tainted the pure Gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul wrote the book of Galatians, at least in part, to refute those false claims. Ron ta...

"I do not nullify the grace of God. For if righteousness were through the Law, then Christ died for no purpose." With these words in Galatians five, twenty-one, the Apostle Paul made his position clear. Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. But when some began to poison the pure Gospel of Jesus Christ, Paul responded swiftly by writing the book of Galatians. Ron takes us there next, as he move...

“Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” The Book of Second Corinthians is largely dedicated to Paul’s defense of his ministry.  But it also contains the largest section on stewardship and financial giving in the entire New Testament. Is tithing strictly an Old Testament idea? Is it part of the Mosaic Law? And is it still relevant today?  Decide for yo...

In his first letter to the Corinthian church, the Apostle Paul was disciplinary. In his second, he was defensive. What changed? The Apostle Paul wasn’t always an apostle. He was once Saul of Tarsus, who persecuted the followers of Christ and did so in the name of God. After his conversion and subsequent rise to a position of authority in the church, some in Corinth still doubted his credentials.  Paul wrote Second Corinthians to de...

Here in America, if you want to take a trip to Sin City, you’ll go to Las Vegas. But in first century Greece, you’d have gone to Corinth. Corinth was Vegas before Vegas. Prostitution and debauchery ran rampant. And when a little of the pagan Corinthian culture began to infiltrate the church the Apostle Paul had planted there, Paul took pen to parchment and wrote them a letter.  What did he tell them, and how much of what he said ap...

“In this world you will have trouble, but take heart. I have overcome the world.” That’s John sixteen, thirty-three, and this is Something Good with Dr. Ron Jones. You know, we don’t have to go looking for trouble in this life. It was waiting on us before we even showed up.  How do we overcome the pain and the struggles this life can often bring? Find out next, as Ron wraps up his important teaching series, “Kingdom Come: Lessons F...

A house is only as good as its foundation. The same is true of your life. In Matthew chapter seven, Jesus goes into great detail about making wise choices. If we do what He asks us to do, it will give us a strong foundation that cannot be shaken when the storms of life come our way. Stay with us now as Ron takes us to the final few verses of Matthew chapter seven in his teaching series, “Kingdom Come: Lessons from the Sermon on the...

“Beware of false prophets. You will know them by their fruit.” That’s Matthew seven, verses fifteen and sixteen, and this is something good with Dr. Ron Jones. Jesus talked about how you and I can recognize false teachers. Listen to what they say, watch the fruit their lives bear, and that’s how you can tell. But does that mean we can know who has put their faith in Christ and who hasn’t? Do we have the ability to know who will be ...

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them.” That’s Matthew seven, twelve, and this is Something Good with Dr. Ron Jones. It’s called the Golden Rule, and it’s one of the most well-known teachings of Christ. But what does it look like in day-to-day life? How can we apply it in our marriages? In our communities? In the workplace? Ron offers his thoughts today in his continuing series, “Kingdom Come: Lessons f...

Walk into any bookstore, and I think you’ll agree. We’ve written far too many books about self-improvement, and not nearly enough about self-denial. In Matthew chapter seven, Jesus gave us what is known in popular culture as the Golden Rule:  “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Ron takes an in-depth look at this teaching next, as he moves ahead in his teaching series, “Kingdom Come: Lessons from the Sermon on the M...

“Be anxious for nothing, but in all things by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. Avoiding worry isn’t easy, but it is possible. When you pray to your heavenly Father, when you thank Him for all He has done, when you ask Him in faith to take your anxiety, that’s when fear and worry tend to fade away. Ron has more next, as he moves ahead in his teaching series, “Kingdom Come: Lessons F...

“Nevertheless, not My will but Thine be done.” Jesus said those words in the Garden of Gethsemane, on the night before He laid down His life to pay for your sin and mine. But not long before this night in this garden, Jesus gave His disciples a model for prayer. And in that model, what we know as the Lord’s Prayer, we find the words, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Coming your way next, Ron unpacks that phrase and w...