The Story Behind the Chosen with Dallas and Amanda Jenkins
Stay True with Madison Prewett Troutt
Madison Prewett Troutt
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2025
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to another episode of Stay True Podcast! This week, Madi and Grant sit down with two special guests: Dallas and Amanda Jenkins! Dallas is the creator and director of The Chosen, the global hit series retelling the life of Jesus in a vivid, deeply personal way, and Amanda is the talented writer, storyteller, and heart of the show's devotional material.
In this powerful conversation, Dallas and Amanda share the origin story of how the idea for The Chosen was born, behind-the-scenes stories from set, the challenges no one sees, and the miracle journey of bringing Jesus' story to the screen. Madi and Grant also dive deep with Dallas and Amanda into marriage, family, calling, and what it looks like to stay united while leading a global movement for the Kingdom. From navigating spiritual warfare to trusting God when the pressure mounts, this episode is filled with wisdom, humility, and truth that you're not going to want to miss!
Stay you and stay true. 💙
Questions/topics discussed and answered:
• How did the original idea for The Chosen begin?
• What were the biggest moments of faith in the early stages?
• Favorite behind-the-scenes stories from filming
• How do they protect their marriage in a demanding season?
• What does trusting God look like when the spotlight is on you?
• How do they stay grounded as a family?
AND SO MUCH MORE!
Helpful Resources:
Dare To Be True: Defeat The Lies That Bind You and Live Out The Truth That Frees You by Madison Prewett Troutt: https://a.co/d/gdfpHX5
The Chosen Devotional by Amanda Jenkins: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PPJSF9M?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_m_mng_rwt_sft_tpbk_tkin
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| 0:00.0 | I want to hear like the story of all this. Y'all story, the chosen story. This message pops up on my computer. Remember, your job is not to feed the 5,000. It's only to provide the loaves and fish. In that moment, my life changed forever. The pressure you feel is, Lord, I know I did my part, but I want to control the outcome. And to literally release that and be like, I was obedient. Now it's up to you. I feel very blessed to be able to see what God is doing in the world. As a family, it's been really, really hard. I wouldn't have done this if I hadn't had a massive career failure. What has this journey been like for just your marriage and your family, your kids? Like the moment we started doing the show, everything got worse. |
| 0:38.2 | God's got us to this place of desperation. |
| 0:40.2 | You're about to launch this movie. |
| 0:42.0 | I know. We're hungry. |
| 0:43.0 | Gavin Stone? |
| 0:44.0 | You still don't know the name of the movie, which means the multiple occasion never came. |
| 0:59.9 | What's up, guys? Welcome back to another episode of Stay True Podcast. I'm your host, Madison Pruitt Trout, with Grant Trout in the podcast studio. We have some special guests. Some really |
| 1:06.0 | special people. Really special guys. We actually met for the first time today. Dallas and Amanda Jenkins. We excited welcome to the stay true podcast thank you guys for coming on how special we are when you |
| 1:16.3 | we we felt you said you've said really special I'm not sure that covers it we we said we had a conversation before this that I wish we would have caught on camera because it was just so good. It was so rich. |
| 1:27.8 | And we were like, this is the real stuff. These are the things that we need to be acting. |
| 1:31.1 | We're loosening up. Parenting and lack of sleep. Body hacks. All the stuff. |
| 1:35.9 | All the things. But you guys are truly just pioneers in today's generation. You guys are making a way for there to be conversations |
| 1:46.1 | around Jesus where there wouldn't be some people who don't feel comfortable stepping into church, |
| 1:51.7 | people who don't feel comfortable going and buying a Bible, but will turn on a TV show |
| 1:57.1 | in the comfort of their own home because that feels safe and you guys are in the forefront |
| 2:02.3 | of that and he is the creator of Chosen, The Chosen, and we have been so impacted by The Chosen. |
| 2:09.4 | And Amanda writes, okay, I have to show you guys, this is the Chosen interactive Bible study, |
| 2:14.3 | the stronghold of the Chosen, this is the newest Bible study. They do one for every single season, and I'm so excited to go through this. This is going to be really fun. But you guys are such a good, we said this right before we pressed record, but you guys are such a good duo. You balance each other so well. That's one way to put it. And we have so many questions, so I'm really excited to dive in. |
| 2:37.2 | But yeah, we just wanted to start by saying thank you for what you're doing. |
| 2:39.5 | Thank you for your yes and for your obedience. |
| 2:43.3 | We know that it's not easy and it comes to the cost. |
| 2:48.0 | And we're so grateful for the way it's impacting a generation and for the way it's impacted us. |
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