1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 2: Amanda, thanks for joining me, Thanks for having me. 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 3: Amanda Jenkins, lead creator of The Chosen's additional content, is 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 3: our guest. 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 2: Of course. 6 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 3: Amanda, you are the co author of the new Bible studying, 7 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 3: The Stronghold of the Chosen, which is based on Season 8 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 3: five of The Chosen. This is the fifth Chosen Bible study, 9 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 3: one for each season. It was a preview of this. 10 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 3: I know very little about it. I haven't gone through 11 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 3: it yet, but I've enjoyed learning what I have learned 12 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 3: about it. What are the theme to this Bible study 13 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 3: and what do you want fans to know about it? 14 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 4: Well, every season we do a Bible study and it'll 15 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 4: have some thematic connection to that season, and so season 16 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 4: five we're seeing it. It begins with the triumphal entree 17 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 4: of Christ on Palm Sunday, and so. 18 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: We really wanted to lean into that. 19 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 4: And the Zacharian nine is the prophetic passage that talks 20 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 4: about how the Messiah is going to enter on a donkey, 21 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 4: and so we looked at that and we were reading 22 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 4: that and there's this line in it where it talks 23 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 4: about how he is your stronghold and he is your 24 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 4: place of hope. And to be honest, I think every 25 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 4: every time we do a Bible study, God meets us 26 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 4: as writers first, as writers and creators first. And that's 27 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 4: something that my co writer Doug Heffman and I both 28 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 4: needed in that in that season of reconnecting with Jesus 29 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 4: as our stronghold and what does that mean? And what 30 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 4: does it mean that he entered on a donkey, but 31 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:31,119 Speaker 4: he's coming back when he comes back on a horse, 32 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 4: you know, And so we just there were these themes 33 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 4: of hope and when your ground beneath your feet is 34 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 4: shifting to and as the ground was about to shift 35 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 4: dramatically for the disciples, and then we're going to see 36 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 4: that all through season five as well. 37 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: What do we return to? We turn to our stronghold 38 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: and Jesus is our hope. 39 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 5: And so that's what this Bible study is about. 40 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 4: We explore those the triumphal entrybut passages and we and 41 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 4: we look at Zacharai and I and we learn what 42 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 4: that means for Jesus. 43 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 5: Spare a stronghold. 44 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,559 Speaker 3: People always want to know what the shows and Bible 45 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 3: studies are they video driven? Do you watch a clip 46 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 3: and then read a passage in the book how does 47 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 3: it work. 48 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 4: We really study a passage of scripture, so it's a 49 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 4: real deal Bible study. But it is connected in the 50 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 4: sense that we're always including script excerpts and we'll go 51 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 4: deeper in kind of sidebars on certain moments of the 52 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 4: show or certain quotes of the show. So it's very 53 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 4: show connected. But we always say our Bible studies are 54 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 4: not a supplement to the show. The show is a 55 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 4: supplement to the Bible studies because to us, the Bible is. 56 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 1: The main thing. 57 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 4: The main thing is the main thing, and so we 58 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 4: really do go after a passage of scripture, We really 59 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 4: do a Bible study, and then we include examples and 60 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 4: scenes from the show. 61 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 3: Would you say this study is uniquely needed right now 62 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 3: in today's culture. It seems like we need a stronghold. 63 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, more than ever, shifting sands, right, I just think 64 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 4: that well, and I think a lot of people when 65 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 4: you suffer, it makes you, It causes you to readdress 66 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 4: how you where your hope comes from. And I think 67 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 4: so often we put our home but our circumstances. We 68 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 4: know that we're not supposed to do that. 69 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,119 Speaker 5: We know our hope is in God, and we say that, 70 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 5: But does that really. 71 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 4: Mean when things are really hard, or when there's chaos 72 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,239 Speaker 4: in the world, or when our children are struggling or 73 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 4: whatever it is, how do we go back to, Okay, 74 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 4: what does it really mean actually for me to hope 75 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 4: in the Lord? And what does it really mean that 76 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 4: I can trust Jesus in spite of what's happening right 77 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 4: now in my finances or in my health or in whatever. 78 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 5: So I think it's I think it's always needed. 79 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: I think it's timeless. 80 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 4: I think every generation has needed it, and then of 81 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 4: course we uniquely need it where we are and add 82 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 4: in the world right now. 83 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 3: Are these themes always obvious with these Bible studies or 84 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 3: is it kind of like scripture where you could pull 85 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 3: a dozen themes out of five verses? 86 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 6: Because yeah, I think it you probably could. 87 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 5: You probably could just do whatever, and there's a ton 88 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 5: but we don't in the sense that first of all, 89 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 5: we have time to have a bunch of ideas, to 90 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 5: be honest, and then we're just really super prayerful, and 91 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 5: God just causes the theme to be so obvious that 92 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 5: I'm not even sure we're brains, are you know? We're 93 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 5: just like, this is what we're supposed to be doing. 94 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 4: Doug Huffman and I are always on the same page, 95 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 4: and so it's really been a very God driven I 96 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 4: don't know what he wants to talk about is what 97 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 4: we talk about. 98 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 3: You know, you travel with Dallas and the crew to Italy. 99 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 3: We're season six with Shadows, wht we talk to you 100 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 3: briefly about that. There was a viral video that showed 101 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 3: Dallas and the cast and crew kind of crying emotional 102 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 3: and then at the end of the video, I think 103 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 3: that was you hugging him. Give me your remembrance of 104 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 3: that and what was it as draining as it seemed 105 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 3: on video for the cast and crew during that time. 106 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 4: Yeah, Yeah, it was really hard this whole season. And 107 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 4: of course it's meant to be right. You're dear depicting 108 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 4: the Crucifixion, and I think God just had everyone in 109 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 4: a really raw, dependent place in personal lives, in work lives. 110 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: It's the emotions that our cast. 111 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 4: Have to repeat hour by hour by hour, and then 112 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 4: Dallas being the one who's stewarding that and stwarting them 113 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,679 Speaker 4: and their emotion and their own spiritual journeys in real life. 114 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: And then these you know, these character arcs and all 115 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 1: the things. 116 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 4: He had been in Italy for two weeks prior to 117 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 4: me arriving, and by the time I got there, it 118 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 4: had been a it had it had been a hard season, 119 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 4: and then another couple hard. 120 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 5: Weeks, and so that particular day was a real struggle. 121 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 4: They were they were actually filming Jesus being lifted up 122 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 4: onto the cross over and over and over, and it 123 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 4: was physically grueling. 124 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 1: It was emotionally grueling. 125 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 4: Everybody was in tears, and so you say cut, and 126 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 4: the actors need consoling and shepherding. 127 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: And so he's he's comforting them. 128 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 4: And then I arrived and he needed a minute, and 129 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 4: so he was able to kind of turn around. 130 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: I actually was. 131 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 6: Coming on a set and I was excited and I 132 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 6: was like, hey, I'm here, and then I see him 133 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 6: coming toward me, and I realized He's not okay, and 134 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 6: so it was just it was it was good timing 135 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 6: for him, and so he got his his moment where 136 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 6: he could actually just have that release as well and 137 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 6: then get. 138 00:05:58,040 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: Back to work. 139 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 3: You got to pour in hands, we could pour into 140 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 3: the others. I guess that's kind of what was going on. 141 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 3: What are your emotions as the Chosen series of winds down. 142 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 3: It might not feel like it to you because you 143 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 3: guys are fill in the middle of it, but you 144 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 3: only have to film one more season of or you 145 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 3: have to release season six. 146 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 2: But yeah, what are your emotions personally because. 147 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 3: You've been through there, through this for many years now. 148 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: Yeah. 149 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 4: I actually we're starting to get that question sometimes, and 150 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 4: I actually appreciate it because it's reminding me to be 151 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 4: a little bit more present because I feel what you're saying. 152 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 4: It's like, no, we're in the middle of post now, 153 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,239 Speaker 4: and then we have to then Dallas's currently writing scripts 154 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 4: for season seven, and then we have to do season seven, 155 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 4: and then we're doing translations around the world and all. 156 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: There's never a dull moment. 157 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 4: And so I need to choose to be more present 158 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 4: in it. I think it's going to be. I mean, 159 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 4: we're just so grateful to be able to do this, 160 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 4: to be able to be a part of this, that 161 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,600 Speaker 4: I need to write remember it to poke my head 162 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 4: up sometimes and then and and and actively be grateful 163 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,559 Speaker 4: versus just in theory, you know, and just go wow, 164 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 4: this is to take it in for a minute, you know. 165 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 4: We need to be reminded of that sometimes. But for 166 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 4: right now. You know, it's kind of hand to plow still. 167 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 4: I think when when it's done, I think it. 168 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: Will be beautiful and rewarding. But we have, you know, 169 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: ongoing plans. 170 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 4: For the next stories that we want to tell, and 171 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 4: I think Dallas wants to tell Bible stories for the 172 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 4: rest of his life. So I don't we just feel 173 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 4: done with this one maybe and then we're on too 174 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 4: new and others. 175 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, well you've got one on Joseph. I believe that's 176 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 2: being filmed right now. 177 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 3: I don't know all this, all the orders of all these, 178 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 3: but Moses is down the road, and the way I 179 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 3: believe the Way of the Apostles is. 180 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 5: I forget what it's. 181 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 3: Called the Way of the Chosen yet, Yeah, are there 182 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 3: going to be Bible studies with those or has that 183 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 3: been decided to get that has. 184 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: Not been decided yet? 185 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 4: I think that's I am Actually I have loved this 186 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 4: whole process because it has absolutely kept me in the 187 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 4: word every single season and engaged in a really unique way. 188 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 4: But I have a lot of publishing contracts that will 189 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 4: finally be done, and I'm going to need a minute. 190 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: To decide if this is something that there's still a 191 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: need for in the marketplace. 192 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 4: But I you know, we are looking forward to a 193 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 4: good long nap after season seven. 194 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 2: Finally, amen to that. 195 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 3: I think I've asked everybody this question except you, And 196 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 3: the question is why do you think they chosen is 197 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 3: such a hit? It's I think you guys are just 198 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 3: kind of like getting on the horse and you can't 199 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 3: get off. But why do you think it's it's been 200 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 3: so popular to where it's embraced by people of all 201 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 3: walks of. 202 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 2: Life, you know, people on the left, people on the right. Yeah, 203 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 2: it's amazing to me. 204 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 4: I think there's I think there's a surface level answer, 205 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 4: and then they think there's a bigger answer. 206 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: I think the surface. 207 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 5: Level is that it's a very authentic portrayal. 208 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 4: And what I mean by that is we aren't going 209 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 4: story to story the way so many other Bible projects 210 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 4: have done, where you just go miracle to miracle and 211 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 4: sermon to sermon. We're actually telling stories about real people. 212 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 4: Because Sadels always says, if you can connect to the 213 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 4: people the way that you know that they're real and 214 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 4: that you identify with them, then you can also maybe 215 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 4: identify with the way they connected to Jesus and so 216 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 4: portraying real people is a new thing, and so people 217 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 4: are seeing themselves now in the stories. But then there's 218 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 4: this bigger thing that God just was pleased to tell 219 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 4: this story in a visual way at this time in history. 220 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 4: And so we don't take credit for that part. We 221 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 4: just go, wow, we got to be present for this 222 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,079 Speaker 4: thing that God is doing. And there's a revival in 223 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 4: all over the world happening. 224 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,559 Speaker 1: This is a part of that. And so so. 225 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 5: I think my husband's a really good storyteller. 226 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 4: And I'm really proud of him, and he's a really 227 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 4: honest guy and that's coming through in his work. 228 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: But then also just God's doing a thing. 229 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 2: You know, you said revivals happening all over the world. 230 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 3: Do you see the indication of that in terms of 231 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 3: these Bible studies that you you guys are releasing any feedback, 232 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 3: Do you see anything any kind of examples of that 233 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 3: in your own life. 234 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 4: Well, the exciting thing about the Bible studies is, you know, 235 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 4: people get so excited about the show. 236 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: It's kind of like the camp high. 237 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 4: You know, kids go to camp and they get so 238 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,679 Speaker 4: excited and they raise their hand and they accept Jesus. 239 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 4: But then after that you know when we go back 240 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 4: to the daily some we're going to fall away. So 241 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 4: we're going to go back to their The thing that 242 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 4: we love about the Bible Studies is in between these 243 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 4: seasons there's real substance that we're hoping to give to people. 244 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 4: And so if we can get people into their Bibles 245 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 4: and learning how to study their Bibles and having any 246 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 4: kind of a habit and getting into their Bibles, that'll. 247 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 1: Last long beyond the show. 248 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 4: So our greatest hope is that they land in the 249 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 4: Bible and stay in the Bible. 250 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 1: And that is what we're seeing. 251 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 4: We are seeing people just dive in in a deeper 252 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 4: way and they're being discipled and we get to be 253 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 4: a part of that too. 254 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 3: In our final team minutes here, let's talk about something 255 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 3: very personal to you. You've you've had lots of You've 256 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 3: had a busy summer and a busy year. You and 257 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 3: Dallas both there's been engagements in marriages. I've lost track 258 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 3: of how many kids you guys have that have gotten 259 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 3: it been hitched. But give us an update on that 260 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 3: just personally, and what's that been like for you this summer. 261 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, we have four kids and two of them got engaged. 262 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:09,839 Speaker 4: This year, we had a wedding in the middle of. 263 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 5: Shooting season six, which was crazy. 264 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 4: Our daughter got married and then our son is getting 265 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 4: married in another couple of months, so you know, I've 266 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 4: kind of it's insane, but it's it's also really It 267 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 4: keeps you totally connected to our real lives right, totally 268 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,839 Speaker 4: connected to the kids needs, totally connected to celebration, and 269 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 4: so much should be thankful for. Inside of our family. 270 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 4: The kids have struggled, just like normal families, and now 271 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 4: we're in a really sweet season where they're experiencing some 272 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 4: real blessing and we love our new we call them 273 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 4: our new kiddos too, and so we just were It 274 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 4: was such a joy this season, in the middle of 275 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 4: a really hard season where you're doing the crucifixion and 276 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 4: it's heavy and it's hard, and it's hot outside and 277 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 4: Italy is far away and it's all these different circumstances. 278 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 4: Then your your kid gets married and it's just lovely. 279 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 3: If you like today's episode, please subscribe and leave a 280 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 3: five star review. 281 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 2: That's how we help more people just like you find 282 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 2: the show. 283 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 3: A big thanks to the team at Life Audio for 284 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 3: their partnership with us. 285 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:11,479 Speaker 5: On the podcast. 286 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 3: If you go to lifeaudio dot com, you will find 287 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 3: dozens of other faith centered podcasts in their network. 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