Dallas & Amanda Jenkins | The Chosen Conversations on The Morning Cruise

Dallas Jenkins & Amanda Jenkins on The Chosen: Bringing the Gospels to Life, Writing Jesus, and Staying Rooted in Scripture

Dave, Bill and Carmen sit down with Dallas and Amanda Jenkins from The Chosen, joined by Carmen's mom, Mohair, their “number one fan,” who brings questions. Dallas discusses the show’s goal of portraying Jesus and the disciples with authenticity and everyday humanity, avoiding distant or overly formal portrayals, and explains how the project grew from crowdfunding while reminding himself it’s “not my job to feed the 5,000,” referencing five loaves and two fish. They talk about challenges in writing Jesus, including making scriptural dialogue feel like natural conversation and ensuring non-scriptural scenes remain true to character and intent with scholarly checks. Dallas explains choices like linking Simon the Zealot to the Bethesda story and portraying Matthew as being on the spectrum as plausible character work. Amanda shares how companion Bible studies and devotionals were created to draw viewers into scripture, noting The Chosen’s impact on Bible engagement and its reach among nonbelievers, and both share favorite scenes.

00:00 Morning Show Setup
00:36 Meet Dallas and Amanda
00:46 Mom the Superfan
01:37 From Crowdfunded to Global
02:58 Five Loaves Two Fish
04:18 Writing Jesus Humanly
05:59 Filling the Gaps Carefully
06:25 Matthew on the Spectrum
08:15 Scholars and Bible Studies
11:33 Reaching Nonbelievers Too
13:43 Favorite Scenes and Wrap
15:24 Final Thanks and Goodbye

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