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

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

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

Publisher

Jerry L. Martin

Category

religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Sept 2020

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

304 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   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 territory: what happens when the unseen breaks into ordinary life, and how do you know what to do ...

2. 

   1 Oct 2026

   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 not fit our usual categories. Why are people so reluctant to talk about mystical or spiritual ex...

3. 

   24 Sept 2026

   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 heart, and the vulnerability that comes with allowing another person - or the divine - into our mo...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

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

Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.