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

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  300. Special Episode: Who Are We to God? 10.09.2026 16min

  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 out looking for God, but after praying in gratitude, he received an answer in words. From there, ...
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  299. Jesus, Love, and the Reality of Evil | Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue 03.09.2026 1t 16min

  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 very different perspective to Jesus. As a Jewish philosopher, she has never understood Jesus a...
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  298. When You Feel Unworthy of Love: A Message from Jesus- From God to Jerry to You 27.08.2026 15min

  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, Jerry recounts Jesus telling him to let down his defenses and accept a love that is “full, unr...
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  297. Signs, Coincidences, and Divine Guidance- What's On Our Mind? 20.08.2026 36min

  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 unexpected moments that seem to carry a meaning of their own. Scott also talks about the anxiety...
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  296. What’s Your Spiritual Story? The Search for Truth with Alex Woollends 13.08.2026 1t 8min

  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 struggling with explanations that did not satisfy his questions. His search led him through libe...
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  295. God’s Reason for Being - Radically Personal Finale 06.08.2026 20min

  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—not only through prayer, but through dreams, intuition, conscience, beauty, love, mystical ex...
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  294. Romantic Love, God’s Love, and What Makes Love Real | Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue 30.07.2026 50min

  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 become tangible through another person, while Abigail considers what it means to embody that love ...
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  293. Feeling God’s Love Through Other People- From God to Jerry to You 23.07.2026 11min

  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 explore how divine love becomes real through romantic love, family love, friendship, intima...
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  292. Is God a Person? Grief, Love, and Living in the Present Moment- What's On Our Mind? 16.07.2026 45min

  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 of his close friend Vince and shares how he encountered God not by escaping grief, but by rem...
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  291. What's Your Spiritual Story? John Thatamanil on Faith, Preaching, and Spiritual Formation 09.07.2026 1t 11min

  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 that shaped his faith and vocation. From his childhood in India's ancient Mar Thoma Christian tradit...
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  290. The Right Track: Finding God Beyond Sin and Suffering- Radically Personal 02.07.2026 23min

  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 God. He reflects on what it means for God to be a person, why every individual may have a unique...
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  289. The Difference Between Coincidence and God | Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue 25.06.2026 56min

  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 seemed to reveal a deeper pattern, they ask how we distinguish chance from providence and whether Go...
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  288. You’re Not Alone: How God Speaks Through Other People- From God to Jerry to You 18.06.2026 33min

  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 through the sacred texts of the world’s religions, he began to see divine reality as active, pe...
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  287. The Spiritual Meaning and Reality of Suffering - What's On Our Mind? 11.06.2026 44min

  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, Hinduism, and the New Axial Age, this episode reflects on suffering not as a meaningless ...
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  286. What’s Your Spiritual Story?: Dr. Stephen Spector on the Bible as Literature and the Nature of God 04.06.2026 42min

  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 fifteen years old, after his mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given only weeks to...
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  285. A New Axial Age? Religion and Spiritual Transformation- Radically Personal 28.05.2026 21min

  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 competing systems of belief or different dimensions of divine revelation. Beginning with the rema...
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  284. Suffering, Purpose, and the Courage to Keep Living Fully | Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue 21.05.2026 57min

  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 Prayer and the Stoic distinction between what we can and cannot control, the conversation...
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  283. Why Suffering Is the Law of Growth: What to Accept, What to Change- From God to Jerry to You 14.05.2026 26min

  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 central question: how do we know what to accept, and what we are called to change? From aging a...
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  282. How Do You Know the Right Thing? Moral Ambiguity and Finding Your Way- What’s On Our Mind? 07.05.2026 41min

  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 question with a community of philosophers and seekers. Join the Ultimate Questions conve...
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  281. What's Your Spiritual Story?: Hans on Spiritual but Not Religious & Religious Seeking 30.04.2026 1t 10min

  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 idea of a “theology of religious seeking”—a way of thinking about spirituality that moves ...