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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 complic...

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 h...

Questions? Comments? Text Us! What Is God’s Story? Ongoing Revelation, Personal Experience, and the Language of Story In 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 disc...

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 sh...

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 s...

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 o...

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:...

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 origina...

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 profou...

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....

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 Abig...

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 hi...

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 Div...

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...

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...

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...

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, honori...

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 p...

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, Aristot...

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 o...

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 mo...

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 o...

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, Bev...

Questions? Comments? Text Us! In this Life Wisdom Project episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast , married philosophers and authors, Jerry L. Martin and Abigail L. Rosenthal, explore profound themes of spiritual growth, absolute obedience, and the tests we face in life.  Drawing on the story of Abraham and Isaac, they discuss how spiritual calls can be both enlightening and disorienting. Je...

Questions? Comments? Text Us! In this episode, we revisit Abraham’s powerful story and its deeper meaning in God's relationship with humanity. Why could Abraham hear and obey God so completely? What does his unwavering faith reveal about true obedience and trust in divine will? Jerry Martin explores Abraham's test, questioning whether such an extreme command could truly come from God. Th...