You Really Believe That? Where Faith Comes In with Marti and John Darcangelo, Sister Mercy and Ed Johnson

Send me a text and let me know your thoughts! If you are new here, welcome! I’m Jan Johnson, your host. I’m glad you’re joining us and I hope that by the end of this show you feel encouraged and strengthened.   Today is December 30, 2025, and as it’s the end of the year and a beginning of a new year, I wanted to start doing one episode a month that is more of a round table discussion on a topic. So, this episode is the beginning of that. Joining me today are my daughter Sister Mercy, my husband Ed, and friends Marti and John Darcangelo.  Our topic is Faith, and bottom line, why we believe. What leads us to believe in what others might call fairy tales of the Bible? A talking donkey A man swallowed by a whale and thrown up alive People like Isaiah going to heaven who never died. People like Jesus and Lazarus and some boy dying and rising again 1 Corinthians 1:18 ,  "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." 1 Corinthians 1:23 adds: "but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles." There's also 1 Corinthians 2:14 , which expands on this idea: "The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit." I’d love to hear your thoughts on the topic of Faith. Why exactly do you believe? Let me know in the comments. Music from #uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/luminbird/ together-forever License code: XIARHFTDFJ0FBKKT Music from #uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/dan-phillipson/ moments License code: AWMMVCHCGOXAXQX4 Music from #uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/play-time License code: XRG3LDIFYTNTXS0P https://youtu.be/9Oc0EHUr5ro Welcome to Just Talkin' About Jesus. I'm Jan Johnson, a seasoned believer who loves relationships and, you know, just talkin' about Jesus. Here you will find testimonies of those who God has changed through his grace. Stories of feeling unworthy because of being sex trafficked, or of radical redemption of a woman who grew up with abuse, neglect, abandonment and drugs. A story of an abortion survivor. This and more. Lean in now. Consider subscribing to this podcast, YouTube and Substack- all with the same name: Just Talkin' About Jesus! https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus https://jan-johnson.com/ https://justtalkingaboutjesus.com/ https://janjohnsonauthor.substack.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus Thanks for listening! If you have a story to tell, check out the form on my website- justtalkingaboutjesus.com. I'd love to connect with you! No, really.... hit me up!