Dallas Jenkins of The Chosen: Exploring Faith, Culture, and the Impact of Spiritual Awakening

Michael sits down with Dallas Jenkins, the creator of the groundbreaking series The Chosen, to discuss the show's remarkable impact on faith and culture. Dallas shares insights into the spiritual awakening he's observed in society, the significance of Jesus in mainstream media, and how The Chosen aims to spread light in today's world.

Key Topics:

• Introduction to Dallas Jenkins and the significance of The Chosen

• The mainstream success of The Chosen and its reach beyond church walls

• Signs of spiritual awakening in popular culture and media

• The relationship between biblical stories and contemporary issues

• Dallas's approach to storytelling through a biblical lens

• The importance of trust and faith amid uncertainty in Season Five

• The role of media in fostering conversations about faith

Featured Resources:

• The Chosen Official Website: thechosen.tv

• Dallas Jenkins on IMDb: IMDb Profile

• Life Audio: lifeaudio.com

Quotes:

"God is doing something, and it's really cool to watch." – Dallas Jenkins
"The evidence of a spiritual awakening is when Jesus is being talked about in popular culture without apology." – Dallas Jenkins
"When people feel permission to discuss Jesus stories, that's an extraordinary thing." – Dallas Jenkins

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Connect with Dallas Jenkins:

• Official Website: Dallas Jenkins

• Social Media: Instagram

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Full Transcript Below:

Michael: Hey, Dallas, welcome to Crosswalk Talk. Thanks for joining me.

Dallas: It’s a pleasure to be here!

Michael: Faith-based projects rarely receive the kind of mainstream attention that The Chosen is getting. What does it say about the show's impact that it is reaching beyond the walls of the church?

Dallas: Yeah, what's really beautiful for me to see, just as a consumer and as a believer, as someone who's grown up in the church and has grown up as a consumer of media and lover of the arts, every now and then, I'm able to separate myself from this and go, I'm standing in the middle of Times Square right now, and Annie Leibovitz's photography about a Jesus show is dominating Times Square for an hour. Or I'm sitting at home and I'm watching the Tonight Show, and Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus, is on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon talking about Jesus and talking about the story—that's really cool to be part of. But it's just cool as a human being, and I think that it speaks to God doing something in the hearts and minds of people. And I think The Chosen has had something to do with that, yes, but I think we've also been the recipient and the benefactor of something that God is stirring in people's hearts.

Michael: Let me do my next question because it does seem that we're seeing signs of the movement of the Spirit in our culture, whether it be college campuses, sports, entertainment world. Do you sense a spiritual awakening in our society? And if not, how would you interpret that?

Dallas: Well, I think that the evidence of a quote, unquote, spiritual awakening is when Jesus and the Bi