GOD: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher - The Podcast
GOD: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher - The Podcast tells the true story of philosopher Jerry L. Martin's conversations with God. A lifelong agnostic, Martin prayed one day and was surprised when God answered in words. As a philosopher, he had many questions, and God had much to tell him. Martin previously served as head of the National Endowment for the Humanities and taught in the University of Colorado philosophy department.
Episodes
304. Hearing God, the Paranormal, and Spiritual Ego | Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Hearing God. Visits from the dead. Mystical experiences. Deathbed encounters. The paranormal.For most of human history, experiences like these were taken seriously. Today, they are often dismissed, hidden, or simply never talked about.In this episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, Jerry L. Martin and Abigail L. Rosenthal go straight into that uncomfortable terr
303. Joan of Arc, Divine Voices, and Spiritual Experience- From God to Jerry to You
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Joan of Arc heard divine voices that changed the course of her life. Centuries later, writer Reynolds Price described his own encounter with Jesus during a devastating battle with cancer and chronic pain.Jerry L. Martin places these experiences alongside his own unexpected experience of hearing God and considers what happens when extraordinary spiritual encounters do n
302. Why Are We Afraid of Love? Jesus, God’s Love, and the Fear of Intimacy- What’s On Our Mind?
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Why are we sometimes afraid of love, even when love is exactly what we want?In this episode of What’s On Our Mind?, Scott Langdon and Jerry L. Martin explore one of the most personal questions Jesus asks Jerry in God: An Autobiography: “Why are you afraid of love?”Jerry reflects on his unexpected encounter with Jesus, his resistance to letting love fully enter his hear
301. Special Episode: Finding God Beyond Religion- Spiritual Discernment in Everyday Life
Questions? Comments? Text Us!A piece of music, a friendship, a moment in nature, a struggle with suffering, a quiet stretch of contemplation, or a remark made almost in passing can become a point of contact with something larger than ourselves.In this special episode, Jerry L. Martin considers theology as an inquiry into divine or ultimate reality. Particles are ultimate in physics. Leibniz had hi
300. Special Episode: Who Are We to God?
Questions? Comments? Text Us!For the 300th episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, Scott Langdon returns to the first 44 episodes and asks three questions that reach to the heart of the entire series: Who are we to God? What are we to God? And why are we to God?The episode begins with Jerry L. Martin’s unexpected relationship with God. A lifelong agnostic and philosopher, Jerry never set ou
299. Jesus, Love, and the Reality of Evil | Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Jerry was driving home from work when Jesus appeared to him.What he remembers most is the love. It was so direct and overwhelming that his first reaction was resistance.In this episode of Jerry and Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue, Jerry and Abigail talk about that encounter, what it means to receive love, and why being loved can sometimes feel exposing.Abigail brings a v
298. When You Feel Unworthy of Love: A Message from Jesus- From God to Jerry to You
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What happens when love is offered, but part of you still feels unworthy of receiving it?In this episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, Jerry L. Martin shares a deeply personal encounter with Jesus that challenged his resistance to love. Reflecting on childhood shame, fear of being seen, and the feeling that there are parts of ourselves that make us undeserving,
297. Signs, Coincidences, and Divine Guidance- What's On Our Mind?
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Scott shares a story about his brother Lee, a simple text message, and a dream that made the timing feel almost impossible to ignore.In this episode of What’s On Our Mind, Jerry L. Martin and Scott Langdon talk about signs, coincidences, and divine guidance in everyday life. They reflect on the ways God may come to us through other people, intuition, prayer, art, and u
296. What’s Your Spiritual Story? The Search for Truth with Alex Woollends
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What happens when the search for truth becomes a search for God?In this episode of What’s Your Spiritual Story?, philosopher Alex Woollends joins Jerry L. Martin to share an intellectual and deeply personal journey shaped by conscience, philosophy, spiritual discernment, and the desire to become a better person.Alex describes growing up around religious belief while st
295. God’s Reason for Being - Radically Personal Finale
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Why does God seem hidden if God wants to be known?In the ninth and final episode of Radically Personal, philosopher Jerry L. Martin concludes his exploration of what it means for God to know each person individually and invite us into a relationship that can transform how we understand ourselves, our lives, and the world.Jerry examines the many ways God may communicate
294. Romantic Love, God’s Love, and What Makes Love Real | Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What makes romantic love feel more powerful than reason, safer choices, or even self-preservation? And what does it mean to experience God’s love through the person who loves you?In this intimate dialogue, Jerry and Abigail return to God’s striking instruction: “Let Abigail love you. You will feel My love through her.” Jerry reflects on why God’s love might need to bec
293. Feeling God’s Love Through Other People- From God to Jerry to You
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What does it mean to feel God’s love through another person?In this episode of From God to Jerry to You, Jerry L. Martin reflects on an early moment in his relationship with God, when he was asked to “enter My heart.” The request frightened him, and when he asked for help, God answered: “Let Abigail love you. Feel My love through her.”That experience leads Jerry to exp
292. Is God a Person? Grief, Love, and Living in the Present Moment- What's On Our Mind?
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Is God a person, and what does it mean to experience God through relationships, grief, and everyday life? In this episode of What's On Our Mind, Jerry L. Martin and Scott Langdon explore the personal and interpersonal nature of God and consider how divine presence may appear through the people who love, guide, challenge, and remember us.Scott reflects on the death
291. What's Your Spiritual Story? John Thatamanil on Faith, Preaching, and Spiritual Formation
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What shapes a person's spiritual story? Can childhood experiences, faith, and the practice of preaching become the foundation for a lifetime of spiritual transformation?In this episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, philosopher Jerry L. Martin welcomes theologian and Episcopal priest John Thatamanil for a deeply personal conversation about the experiences
290. The Right Track: Finding God Beyond Sin and Suffering- Radically Personal
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What if the goal of spiritual life is not to merge with God?What if sin is not a debt to be paid, but a condition to be healed? And what if suffering is not an accident of existence, but part of what makes love, freedom, and relationship possible?In this episode of Radically Personal, Jerry Martin explores some of the most surprising insights from his dialogues with Go
289. The Difference Between Coincidence and God | Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue
Questions? Comments? Text Us!How do we know when something is merely a coincidence—and when it may be something more?In this episode of Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue, Jerry Martin and Abigail Rosenthal explore spiritual discernment, divine guidance, and the challenge of recognizing meaning in ordinary life. From Sherlock Holmes and the art of observation to unexpected events that seeme
288. You’re Not Alone: How God Speaks Through Other People- From God to Jerry to You
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What if God is speaking, but not in the way you expected?In this episode, Jerry L. Martin reflects on how God may guide us through everyday life, through prayer, intuition, conscience, spiritual experience, and through other people.When Jerry first heard God ask him to “tell My story,” he was surprised by the idea that God could have a story at all. But as he was led t
287. The Spiritual Meaning and Reality of Suffering - What's On Our Mind?
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What is the spiritual meaning of suffering, and why is suffering such a real part of human life? In this What’s On Our Mind conversation, Jerry L. Martin and Scott Langdon explore suffering, grief, compassion, spiritual growth, and the ways reality discloses itself personally to each of us.Drawing from God: An Autobiography, Radically Personal, Christianity, Buddhism,
286. What’s Your Spiritual Story?: Dr. Stephen Spector on the Bible as Literature and the Nature of God
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this deeply personal installment of What’s Your Spiritual Story, Jerry L. Martin speaks with Dr. Stephen Spector, professor of English, scholar of religion and literature, and author, for a profound conversation about spiritual experience, suffering, miracles, the Bible, and the changing nature of God.Spector recounts the moment that transformed his life forever. At
285. A New Axial Age? Religion and Spiritual Transformation- Radically Personal
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Jerry L. Martin explores the idea that humanity may be entering a New Axial Age: a new era of spiritual transformation shaped by globalization, interreligious encounter, and expanding spiritual consciousness.Drawing from philosopher Karl Jaspers, Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Robert Bellah, and Theology Without Walls, he reflects on whether the world’s religions represent co
284. Suffering, Purpose, and the Courage to Keep Living Fully | Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What happens when suffering enters a new season of life? How do we face aging, grief, limitation, and uncertainty without surrendering our sense of purpose?In the latest Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue, the married philosophers return for another stimulating dialogue exploring suffering, aging, calling, and the search for meaning. Beginning with the Serenity
283. Why Suffering Is the Law of Growth: What to Accept, What to Change- From God to Jerry to You
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In Episode 283 of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, Jerry L. Martin reflects on a striking idea given in prayer: “Suffering is the law of growth in the universe.” Through personal experience and philosophical insight, he explores what this means in everyday life in this From God to Jerry to You.Drawing on Stoic Philosophy and the Serenity Prayer, this episode asks a
282. How Do You Know the Right Thing? Moral Ambiguity and Finding Your Way- What’s On Our Mind?
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In Episode 282, Jerry L. Martin and Scott Langdon explore moral ambiguity and how we make decisions when the right answer isn’t clear. What replaces fixed rules in a complex world? The conversation also turns to at-homeness, whether it’s something we seek or something we already are, connecting action, faith, and calling. Listen to the full episode and explore the ques
281. What's Your Spiritual Story?: Hans on Spiritual but Not Religious & Religious Seeking
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What does it mean to be spiritual but not religious, and can that way of life be taken seriously, both intellectually and spiritually?In this episode, Hans le Grand shares his journey from physicist to theologian, and the question that shaped his work: what do religious seekers actually have in common? Drawing on his book Life Seeking Understanding, Hans explores the i
280. What Has Your Name on It? Calling, Truth, and Discernment- Radically Personal
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What if the most important decisions in your life don’t feel like choices at all?In this episode of Radically Personal, Jerry L. Martin explores calling not as something we choose, but something we recognize—something that can feel required—even when it is unclear or difficult.Beginning with an epistemology of trust, he challenges the idea that knowledge starts with do
279. Can You Ever Do the Right Thing? Moral Ambiguity | Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What if doing the “right thing” isn’t always right?In this episode of Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue, a deceptively simple question opens into one of the most difficult problems in moral philosophy: moral ambiguity. Can we ever act with complete moral certainty, or is every meaningful choice marked by tension, compromise, and consequence?Drawing from God: An
278. The Cost of Doing What’s Right: Moral Ambiguity in Real Life- From God to Jerry to You
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What do you do when doing the right thing still carries a cost?In this From God to Jerry to You episode, Jerry explores moral ambiguity through real situations where decisions cannot be separated from their consequences.Opening with the reality of war and targeted killing, Jerry reflects on the removal of a dangerous leader and the question it raises: can an action be
277. Trusting Your Spiritual Senses & Discernment- What’s on Our Mind?
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Scott Langdon and Dr. Jerry L. Martin explore what it means to trust your spiritual senses and practice discernment in everyday life. How do we recognize genuine spiritual guidance—and how do we test it?Drawing on God: An Autobiography and Radically Personal, this conversation examines intuition, experience, and reflection in navigating calling, purpose, and trust. Jer
276. What’s Your Spiritual Story: Jonathan on Zen Buddhism, World Religions, and Finding Judaism
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, Jerry L. Martin speaks with philosopher and world religions scholar Jonathan Weidenbaum in the series “What’s Your Spiritual Story.”Jonathan shares how his early fascination with Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, and Eastern philosophy led to a lifelong exploration of world religions. Through study, travel, and teaching, he
275. Spiritual Discernment and Religious Experience- Radically Personal
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What if spiritual experiences are real — but deeply personal?In this episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, philosopher Jerry L. Martin explores one of the most difficult questions in religion: how do we discern whether a spiritual experience is genuine?Drawing on William James and the long philosophical tradition of spiritual discernment, Jerry examines why re
274. God as a Player in Your Life Story: Trusting Your Inner Call with Discernment | Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue
Questions? Comments? Text Us!How do you know when an inner prompting is truly guidance — and when it is illusion? In this intimate dialogue, Jerry L. Martin and Abigail L. Rosenthal explore the challenge of spiritual discernment: learning to trust your spiritual senses without abandoning realism, reason, or common sense. What does it mean to follow an inner call responsibly? How do you test intuit
273. Trusting Your Spiritual Senses and Finding Your Calling- From God to Jerry to You
Questions? Comments? Text Us!The newest From God to Jerry to You is a reflection on divine guidance, spiritual discernment, and the discovery of your calling. Jerry L. Martin shares prayer encounters from the podcast's early days and from more recent experiences. These moments reveal what it means to trust your spiritual senses, and how to recognize when guidance may be coming from beyond you
272. What’s On Our Mind- You Are the Experience God Is Having: On Consciousness and the Divine
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In Episode 272 of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, Jerry Martin and Scott Langdon ask a deceptively simple question: What is experience?Is it just a stream of sensations passing through us — or is it the unfolding of meaning across a lifetime? When we look back at our lives, do we merely remember events, or do we discover layers of significance we couldn’t see befor
271. What’s Your Spiritual Story: Scott’s Journey from Certainty to Love
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In Episode 271 of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, host Scott Langdon shares his personal spiritual journey — from Lutheran liturgy and evangelical certainty to faith deconstruction, mental health challenges, and a renewed understanding of God as love.Raised in the church and later immersed in evangelical Christianity, Scott’s faith was shaped by music, scripture, a
270. Recovering the Depth of Experience in a Flattened World- Radically Personal
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What do we mean when we speak of human experience?In this fourth installment of the Radically Personal series, Jerry Martin takes up that question and follows it carefully. Modern philosophy and science often frame experience in terms of sensations, data, or brain activity. Yet the way we actually live and perceive suggests something more expansive.Drawing on William J
269. Are All Religions True? Theology Without Walls & the New Axial Age | Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Can multiple religions be true at the same time? Married philosophers, Jerry L. Martin and Abigail L. Rosenthal, explore one of the most challenging questions about God and ultimate reality.They reflect on the idea that different cultures are given different spiritual tasks. The Hebrew focus on history and covenant stands alongside India’s inward contemplative traditio
268. From God to Jerry to You: How God Speaks Across Religions
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Can God speak through more than one religion?In this episode of From God to Jerry to You, philosopher Jerry L. Martin explores a central insight from God: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher: that divine wisdom may be working through many religious traditions across history, not just one.Drawing from his recorded conversations with God, Jerry reflects on the ide
267. What’s On Our Mind- God, Evil, and the Meaning of “Knock and You Will Find”
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, Jerry L. Martin and Scott Langdon reflect on what it means to live in partnership with God in a world where evil persists and meaning is still unfolding.Drawing on biblical scholar John D. Levinson, they explore order and chaos, the idea of a developing God, and how discernment shows up in lived experience.Referenc
266. What’s Your Spiritual Story: Abigail's Confessions on Childhood, Time, and Spiritual Awakening
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this special edition of What’s Your Spiritual Story?, philosopher Abigail Rosenthal sits down with her husband, Jerry L. Martin, for the most extended and personal telling of her spiritual story to date.Drawing on her memoir, Confessions of a Young Philosopher, Abigail traces the formation of her inner life from an Edenic childhood and early encounters with loss, to
265. Radically Personal – William James on Religious Experience
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this episode of Radically Personal, Jerry L. Martin turns to the work of American philosopher and psychologist William James to explore how divine reality is encountered in lived experience. Drawing from The Varieties of Religious Experience, Jerry reflects on James’s influence on the philosophy of religion and his claim that religion begins not with doctrines or in
264. Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue- Evil, Love, and God
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this year-end intimate dialogue, philosophers Jerry L. Martin and Abigail L. Rosenthal return to one of the most enduring questions in philosophy and theology: why evil persists, and what that persistence reveals about God. Drawing on Jerry’s prayer experiences and Jon Levenson’s Creation and the Persistence of Evil, the conversation explores the idea of an evolving
263. From God to Jerry to You- The Problem of Evil and the Kingdom of God
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In Episode 263 of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, philosopher Jerry L. Martin reflects on one of the most enduring and difficult questions in philosophy and theology: the problem of evil.In this From God to Jerry to You episode, Jerry describes a pivotal moment near the end of his spiritual journey, when what he calls the “impossible puzzle” finally came together.
262. What's On Our Mind- Truth-Seeking Beyond Reductionism: Experience, Meaning, and a Developing God
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this episode of What’s On Our Mind, Scott Langdon and Jerry L. Martin explore truth-seeking beyond reductionism. Drawing on Radically Personal, lived experience, acting, spiritual stories, and prayer, they ask how we know what’s real—and why meaning cannot be reduced to just chemistry. The conversation ranges from new atheism and scientific exclusivism to Stoicism,
261. What’s Your Spiritual Story: Amanda on Love, Trauma, and Discovering a God Who Suffers With Us
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What’s Your Spiritual Story? is a continuing series from God: An Autobiography, The Podcast that invites real people to share the journeys that shaped their spiritual lives. Each episode explores how the search for meaning, identity, and connection unfolds through personal experience—and how God meets us in surprising ways.In this week’s conversation, Amanda joins Dr.
260. Radically Personal: A New Philosophy of God — Life Seeking Understanding
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What if theology is not a set of inherited doctrines, but life seeking understanding? Learn more in Jerry’s latest book, Radically Personal: God and Ourselves in the New Axial Age, and subscribe for weekly episodes that explore God, spiritual experience, and the ongoing journey of the soul.In this second installment of Radically Personal, philosopher Dr. Jerry L. Marti
259. Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue- Pilgrimage, Prophecy, and the Call of a Woman’s Life
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this week’s episode of Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue, Jerry L. Martin and Abigail L. Rosenthal explore how God communicates through intuition, dreams, insights, and the quiet promptings that redirect a life. Their conversation speaks directly to listeners who wonder why God can feel hidden and how to recognize a true divine nudge.Jerry reflects on the mo
258. From God to Jerry to You — Dharma, Swadharma & How God Reveals Your Personal Calling
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this week’s episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, Jerry L. Martin explores one of the most practical and urgent spiritual questions we face: How do we know what we’re meant to do with our lives—and how do we tell when God is guiding us?Drawing on the Hindu concepts of dharma and swadharma, Jerry explains the difference between our role-based responsibilitie
257. What's Your Spiritual Story: Dr. Richard Oxenberg on his Spiritual Journey and the Peace That Passeth Understanding
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this deeply moving episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, philosopher Richard Oxenberg—co-author of Two Philosophers Wrestle With God—shares his full spiritual story for the first time.His journey begins with childhood tragedy: witnessing the sudden death of his seven-year-old sister. The shock shattered his early understanding of God, safety, and reality. F
256. What's On Our Mind- Spiritual Nudges & Synchronicities: Is God Guiding You?
Questions? Comments? Text Us!How do we recognize when God is gently guiding us? Is it a voice, a feeling, or a moment of connection we might almost overlook?Scott shares a simple encounter at a bagel shop that turned into a surprising moment of synchronicity — a reminder that a radically personal God often reaches us through quiet intuition and ordinary experiences. Jerry reflects on why these sub
255. What’s Your Spiritual Story: Laura Buck on Becoming Visible, Intuition, Loss & the Inner Voice
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What does it feel like when God guides you from within?For Laura Buck, that quiet voice has been there all along, leading, nudging, comforting. In this intimate spiritual story, Laura opens up about growing up between religious worlds, learning to trust intuition over expectation, and discovering that God speaks through the feelings we often overlook.She shares powerfu
254. Radically Personal: How Divine Reality Reveals Itself In Every Spiritual Journey
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Radically Personal is a new series exploring how divine reality reveals itself within the lives of individual seekers. Based on Dr. Jerry L. Martin’s newest book, Radically Personal: God and Ourselves in the New Axial Age, the series invites listeners to rethink what it means to encounter the divine as intimately present and personally responsive. Each episode follows
253. Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue: Romantic Love and Divine Revelation: When Trust Becomes a Spiritual Calling
Questions? Comments? Text Us!When can love—and even pain—become a form of revelation?In this powerful dialogue, Dr. Jerry L. Martin and Dr. Abigail L. Rosenthal trace the mysterious link between romantic love, moral conscience, and divine communication. Abigail shares two defining experiences of spiritual discernment: a moral act that cost her a lifelong family bond, and the unexpected moment she
252. From God to Jerry to You- Hearing God Speak: An Agnostic Philosopher’s Awakening
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What happens when a lifelong agnostic philosopher prays for the first time—and God answers? In this episode, Jerry L. Martin reflects on the experience that transformed his life and inspired God: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher. Through love, gratitude, and trust, Jerry moves from intellectual doubt to an intimate conversation with the Divine.He shares how f
251. What's On Our Mind- Has This Task Got Your Name On It? Intuition, Ego & Energy Signs
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this What’s On Our Mind episode, we ask: how do you know when a task has your name on it? In a noisy world full of choices, it can be hard to discern your true path. Is it just hard work, or a sign you’re on the wrong road? We explore stories of callings, intuition, and spiritual discernment, and how energy, peace, and prayer become signposts for purpose.Through eve
250. Special Episode: Suffering, Growth & Divine Love | Celebrating 250 Episodes
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Five years. 250 episodes. Countless stories of faith, struggle, and discovery.This milestone episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast is a deep reflection on what it means to grow spiritually through suffering, to find joy again, and to experience divine love as a personal reality.In this special episode, Scott, Jerry, Abigail, Laura, and Mandi come together to lo
249. Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue – The Summons of Love and Life’s True Calling
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this wide-ranging conversation, Jerry and Abigail pick up where last week’s episode left off, turning from the idea of swadharma — one’s unique calling — to how that calling actually plays out in a real life.Jerry reflects on the Bhagavad Gita’s teaching that it is better to follow your own duty, even imperfectly, than to live someone else’s well. Abigail shares wha
248. From God to Jerry to You- God on the Bhagavad Gita: Moral Complexity, Swadharma, and Your True Calling
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What does the ancient Hindu epic Mahabharata, often called “India’s Iliad,” have to say about your life today? In this From God to Jerry to You, philosopher Jerry L. Martin shares what God revealed to him while praying through the pages of this vast epic and its centerpiece, the Bhagavad Gita.God’s surprising message is clear: the purpose of life is not to escape throu
247. What's On Our Mind- The New Axial Age: God’s Story Told Again
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, host Scott Langdon and philosopher Jerry L. Martin explore the meaning of the New Axial Age: a transformative era of spiritual development that God revealed to Jerry during their dialogues. What does it mean that “the old religions are coming apart, yet there is a renewal of religious spirit”? Together, Scott and J
246. What’s Your Spiritual Story: Joel Weiner on Rediscovering Judaism, God, and the New Axial Age
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What’s your spiritual story? In this episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, philosopher Jerry L. Martin sits down with Joel Weiner to explore a journey that moves from childhood faith, through rejection, to rediscovery and renewal.Joel grew up in a Jewish home in Philadelphia, went through Hebrew school, and walked away from synagogue life right after his bar m
245. Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue – The New Axial Age & The Future of Faith
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this episode, Jerry and Abigail return for their fourth conversation in the series Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue, exploring the most profound theme of God: An Autobiography as Told to a Philosopher: the New Axial Age.The term “Axial Age,” introduced by philosopher Karl Jaspers, describes the pivotal era when some of the world’s greatest spiritual figures
244. From God to Jerry to You – Entering the New Axial Age: The Future of Spiritual Development
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this episode of From God to Jerry to You, Dr. Jerry L. Martin explores a profound and timely revelation: the arrival of a New Spiritual Axial Age. God’s message to Jerry wasn’t just about retelling a familiar story; it was about reframing it for an era in which the world’s faith traditions meet, interact, and evolve in ways never before possible.Jerry shares how God
243. What's On Our Mind- Why God Allows Suffering: A Conversation About Pain, Purpose, and Presence
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this moving episode of What’s On Our Mind, Scott and Jerry revisit one of the most difficult questions in spiritual life: why does suffering exist? Drawing from God: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher, they reflect on God’s response to Jerry’s early questions about pain and meaning. God doesn’t minimize suffering—He calls it “the law of growth in the univers
242. What's Your Spiritual Story? Rosemarie Proctor: A Chaplain’s Journey Through Grief, Healing, and Faith
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What’s your spiritual story? In this heartfelt episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, Dr. Jerry L. Martin sits down with hospital chaplain Rosemarie Proctor to explore a life of evolving faith, profound loss, and deep spiritual wisdom.Rosemarie’s journey began in a strict Catholic upbringing, where fear-based teachings about heaven and hell shaped her childhood
241. Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue- What We Learn Through Love and Suffering
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What does it mean to love someone deeply in a world where suffering is inevitable? Jerry and Abigail return for another honest and intimate reflection on a recent health crisis that brought the pair face-to-face with mortality, vulnerability, and the aching intensity of love throughout it all. After Abigail suffers a near-fatal injury and a cascade of medical complicat
240. From God to Jerry to You- When Suffering Strikes: Finding Meaning, Love, and God in Hard Times
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Why do good people suffer? What does it mean when pain and loss enter our lives without warning? In this profoundly moving episode of From God To Jerry To You, Jerry L. Martin shares a personal story that brings the universal question of suffering into sharp, intimate focus.When Jerry’s wife, Abigail, experienced a series of life-threatening health crises—a broken hip,
239. What's On Our Mind- What Is God’s Story?
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What Is God’s Story? Ongoing Revelation, Personal Experience, and the Language of StoryIn the newest What's On Our Mind, Scott Langdon and Jerry L. Martin explore how God’s story is dynamic and evolving, not a fixed account from the past. They reflect on how revelation continues today and how personal experience shapes our understanding of the divine.Jerry discuss
238. What’s Your Spiritual Story: Ray Silverman on Swedenborg, Modern Revelation, and Eternal Love
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, Dr. Jerry L. Martin talks with Dr. Ray Silverman, a Swedenborgian minister who grew up in a passionately atheist home but always felt a hidden connection to God.From secretly praying under the covers as a child to later discovering Emanuel Swedenborg’s writings on eternal marriage and universal salvation, Ray share
237. Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue - How A Radically Personal God Works In Real Lives
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this deeply personal and spiritually rich episode, philosopher Jerry L. Martin is joined by Abigail L. Rosenthal for an intimate conversation about divine encounters, spiritual awakening, and what it means to experience a radically personal God. Drawing from Jerry’s new book Radically Personal: God and Ourselves in the New Axial Age, the discussion explores how spir
236. From God to Jerry To You- How To Hear God’s Call In Your Own Life
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this episode of From God To Jerry To You, we explore the moment that changed everything: when Jerry heard God's voice for the first time. What began as a private prayer became a divine calling—“Tell My Story.” But what does that mean in a world of many religions, traditions, and truths?Jerry shares how God's message was not confined to one faith or one peo
235. What's On Our Mind- Love That Transforms
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Romantic Awakening, Divine Listening, and the Inner SelfWhat does it mean to fall in love, not just with a person, but with the mystery of life itself? In this heartfelt and thought-provoking episode of What's On Our Mind, Jerry and Scott reflect on the deep emotional and spiritual themes raised in recent episodes and discuss two new series: Jerry and Abigail: An
234. What’s Your Spiritual Story: Mark Groleau on God, Process, and Change
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Welcome to What’s Your Spiritual Story: a new series from God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, featuring candid conversations with people whose spiritual lives have been reshaped by direct encounters with the divine. In this first installment, Jerry L. Martin speaks with pastor and podcaster Mark Groleau, who returns to the show exactly 100 episodes after his original a
233. Jerry and Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue | Philosophers Answer: What Is Love
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Welcome to the debut of a new series: Jerry and Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue, a conversation between two philosophers who are also deeply in love. This is not just a love story. It is an exploration of what love means at the level of reality itself.In this episode, Dr. Abigail L. Rosenthal and Dr. Jerry L. Martin ask a question deeply human and spiritually profound: W
232. From God To Jerry To You- Sex At Its Best: Sacred Intimacy
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What if sex, at its very best, is not just physical, but spiritual? In this deeply personal episode, philosopher Jerry L. Martin reflects on his own experience of romantic love and how it became a pathway to the divine. Drawing from his relationship with Abigail and his conversations with God, Jerry explores the sacred dimensions of sexuality, love, and embodiment.You’
231. Special Episode | A Love Story Rooted in God: Introducing Jerry & Abigail’s Intimate Dialogue
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What happens when divine revelation begins with love?In this special episode, host Scott Langdon shares how God: An Autobiography, The Podcast has evolved from a dramatic adaptation of Jerry L. Martin’s book to a powerful spiritual resource for seekers, skeptics, and philosophers.We revisit the podcast’s core series and introduce a brand-new addition: Jerry and Abigail
230. What's On Our Mind- God’s Other Side: Zoroaster, Divine Duality, and Becoming
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In the newest What's On Your Mind, host Scott Langdon sits down with Dr. Jerry L. Martin for a deep and heartfelt conversation about divine growth, spiritual tension, and the unfolding mystery of God's nature.As they revisit God's revelation to the ancient prophet Zoroaster, the discussion opens with Jerry’s experience of spiritual anxiety, and how his b
229. What's On Your Mind- From Doubt to Oneness: Roxana’s Spiritual Journey
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this heartfelt episode of What's On Your Mind, Jerry L. Martin and Scott Langdon explore a deeply personal spiritual journey shared through three emails from a listener named Roxana. Spanning over a year and a half, Roxana’s correspondence reveals an inspiring evolution from doubt and disconnection to curiosity, courage, and a desire for oneness with the Divine
228. The Life Wisdom Project | Facing Divine Darkness | Special Guest: Matt Cardin
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this special episode of The Life Wisdom Project Jerry L. Martin is joined by acclaimed horror author, essayist, and religious thinker Matt Cardin for a profound exploration of divine duality, Zoroastrian cosmology, and the moral landscape of good and evil.Together, they dive into God’s revelations to the prophet Zoroaster as recounted in God: An Autobiography, As To
227. Special Episode- Revisiting Zoroaster Sees God’s Other Side
Questions? Comments? Text Us!What if God had another side?In this special revisit of Episode 26, Zoroaster Sees God’s Other Side, we explore one of the most profound moments in God: An Autobiography- a divine encounter that reshaped both Zoroaster’s understanding of the cosmos and God's own self-awareness.Zoroaster, the ancient Persian prophet, perceived not just divine light, but divine stru
226. From God to Jerry to You- Zoroaster and the Divine Battle Between Good and Evil
Questions? Comments? Text Us!Jerry shares his fascinating revelations during prayer concerning the prophet Zoroaster’s profound encounter with the divine.Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest known monotheistic religions, but few know its rich history—largely preserved through oral tradition—that allows us to understand what God was communicating to Zoroaster through the cosmic battle b
225. What's On Our Mind- When God Nudges: Mystical Encounters and Spiritual Discernment
Questions? Comments? Text Us!In this powerful edition of What’s On Our Mind, Jerry shares two recent spiritual encounters that deeply impacted him—one with a professor who’s never spoken about her mystical experiences publicly, and another with a student whose spiritual intuition seemed to echo his own. Together with Scott, they explore the importance of paying attention to divine nudges, honoring
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