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GOD: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher - The Podcast

Jerry L. Martin

GOD: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher - The Podcast is a true story of a philosopher’s conversations with God. Dr. Jerry L. Martin was a lifelong agnostic. But one day he had occasion to pray. To his vast surprise, God answered - in words. Being a philosopher, he had a lot of questions. And God had a lot to tell him. Dr. Martin served as head of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the University of Colorado philosophy department. Find out more at www.GodAnAutobiography.com

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238. What’s Your Spiritual Story: Ray Silverman on...

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2025/07/03

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 shares how his journey led him beyond traditional religion into a deeply personal spiritual life. To...

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237. Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue - How A...

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2025/06/26

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 spiritual truth is not one-size-fits-all and why each individual’s connection to the divine ca...

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236. From God to Jerry To You- How To Hear God’s Call...

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2025/06/19

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 people, but revealed in different ways across history and cultures. From ancient Israel to India...

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235. What's On Our Mind- Love That Transforms

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2025/06/12

Questions? Comments? Text Us! Romantic Awakening, Divine Listening, and the Inner Self What 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 Intimate Dialogue, and What's Your Spiritual Story? From romantic love and divine connection t...

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234. What’s Your Spiritual Story: Mark Groleau on...

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2025/06/05

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 appearance. Mark’s story is one of radical transformation. Raised in a strict Oneness Pente...

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233. Jerry and Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue |...

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2025/05/29

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: What is love and what does it reveal about the nature of the world we live in? Throu...

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232. From God To Jerry To You- Sex At Its Best:...

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2025/05/22

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’ll hear how love transformed his life, why the body is more than biology, and how sex can...

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231. Special Episode | A Love Story Rooted in God:...

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2025/05/15

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: An Intimate Dialogue. This new series explores both romantic and divine love through the eye...

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230. What's On Our Mind- God’s Other Side: Zoroaster,...

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2025/05/08

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 body reacted to the unknown before divine communication began. This leads into a powerful exploration of how Go...

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229. What's On Your Mind- From Doubt to Oneness:...

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2025/05/01

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. Through Roxana’s words, listeners will resonate with the emotional honesty of someone searchi...

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228. The Life Wisdom Project | Facing Divine Darkness...

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2025/04/24

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 Told to a Philosopher, unpacking a worldview where life is not a passive unfolding — but an activ...

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227. Special Episode- Revisiting Zoroaster Sees God’s...

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2025/04/17

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 struggle. In this remarkable dialogue, God shares how this revelation was a growth experience for Him, ...

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226. From God to Jerry to You- Zoroaster and the...

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2025/04/10

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 between good and evil. In this powerful narrative, we’re introduced to the figure of Ahura Mazda—the ...

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225. What's On Our Mind- When God Nudges: Mystical...

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2025/04/03

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 spiritual moods, and trusting the unique way God communicates with each of us. From profound mo...

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224. What's On Your Mind – Calling Out to God

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2025/03/27

Questions? Comments? Text Us! Have you ever wondered what it really means to call out to God- and what it feels like when something answers? In this moving episode of What’s On Your Mind, we explore Janet's spiritual awakening, which began with a simple desire to know who Jesus really was and unfolded into moments of inner instruction, prophetic clarity, and self-discovery. She offers five profound lessons about spiritual discernment, obedience, and the subtleties of hearing God's voice-insig...

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223. The Life Wisdom Project | From Ritual to Reason:...

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2025/03/20

Questions? Comments? Text Us! How do rituals, traditions, and philosophical reasoning shape our understanding of the divine and the human experience? In this episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, Dr. Jerry L. Martin and Dr. Michael Poliakoff explore the evolution of thought and tradition from ancient Jewish practices and Egyptian influences to the philosophical insights of Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, and Emmanuel Levinas. The conversation examines how humanity has sought wisdom acro...

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222. Special Episode | Revisiting I Ask About God’s...

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2025/03/13

Questions? Comments? Text Us!What if God spoke to you directly? Would you listen?This episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast revisits some of the most pivotal moments in biblical history, from Moses’ divine encounter at the burning bush to the covenants of Saul and David, the trials of the Israelites, and the prophetic revelations of Jeremiah and Isaiah. Through the dramatic adaptation of God: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher, we explore: The Burning Bush: How God Gets Our

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221. From God to Jerry to You- A Logic Professor’s...

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2025/03/06

Questions? Comments? Text Us! What happens when a philosophy professor, known for teaching logic and critical thinking, has an undeniable encounter with God? Dr. Jerry L. Martin was a lifelong agnostic until one day, to his great surprise, God spoke to him. As a philosopher, he had no choice but to investigate. In this episode of From God to Jerry to You, Jerry takes a deep dive into one of the most pivotal moments in spiritual history: Moses and the burning bush. He unpacks not just what hap...

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220. What's On Our Mind- Spiritual Trust and...

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2025/02/27

Questions? Comments? Text Us! Does God test us? What does obedience to God really mean? In this episode of What's On Our Mind, Scott Langdon and Dr. Jerry L. Martin dive deep into the complex and often misunderstood concepts of obedience, trust, and free will in our relationship with God. Exploring the story of Abraham and Isaac, they discuss whether obedience is simply following commands or if it is something much deeper- a spiritual transformation that brings us into alignment with Go...

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219. What's on Your Mind- Divine Encounters &...

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2025/02/20

Questions? Comments? Text Us! In this episode of What's On Your Mind we explore two powerful listener stories that highlight the theme of obedience, faith, and divine encounters. Raymond shares an unexpected moment of overwhelming emotion and spiritual awakening while listening to a song, leading him to an intense experience of seeking forgiveness and hearing a divine voice. Meanwhile, Beverly reflects on her lifelong spiritual journey beyond traditional religion, searching ...

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