What really happened behind the camera on The Chosen? Ruben Martinez was there for all seven seasons — appearing in 23 episodes, playing everyone from a Pharisee to a fisherman — and what he witnessed off-camera was just as extraordinary as anything that made it to the screen.

In this conversation with John Whaley, Ruben pulls back the curtain: the international prayer team that prayed through the entire cast and crew roster by name before every episode aired, the day he was caught on camera praying during a shoot without realizing it, the physical healings he witnessed, the man who gave his life to Christ in a holding area because the actors showed him real love, and what it felt like to say goodbye to Season 7 knowing it was the final one.

Ruben also shares the story of the independent film he made about Paul the Apostle — a young crew, crowdfunded budget, and a premiere that raised money for handicapped students to attend prom. And he talks about the unexpected road that brought him to The Chosen in the first place: Baylor, a business consulting career, and a stranger who looked at him and said "hey, you look biblical."

With The Chosen Season 6 dropping November 15 on Prime Video, this is exactly the kind of story fans have been hungry for.

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What if the church’s biggest problem isn’t culture, politics, or persecution — it’s that it simply has no plan? British evangelist Dennis Pethers has spent 12 years traveling more than 70 countries with Rooftop International, and the pattern he sees everywhere is the same: the church has become a location, an event, a program — and lost the plot of what Jesus actually called it to be.

In this conversation with John Whaley, Dennis shares the moment he gave his life to Christ on a train at 19 while reading C.S. Lewis, the alarming generational strategy he witnessed Islamic leaders pursuing in Mombasa, Kenya, and a conversation with a young Muslim man who told him exactly why they were winning the city. He also breaks down the forgotten Gospel of the Kingdom — the message Jesus preached most — and why he believes that until the church recovers it, it will keep losing ground.

This is one of those conversations that unsettles and inspires you at the same time. Dennis is honest, global, and urgent — and the message lands hard.

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What does God say when everything falls apart? In this episode, John Whaley sits down with pastor and author Michael Brewer to talk about the one truth that changed his life: grace is the exception, not the rule. Michael watched his wife Susan fight a brain tumor, then cancer, through 13 rounds of chemotherapy — and walked through her death holding a faith that had been tested at its core. Out of that season came his book Broken but Graced, and a message for anyone who has ever asked, "Why is God letting this happen to me?"

John and Michael get personal — sharing their own experiences with church betrayal, prodigal children, family illness, and the moments where God felt completely absent. What they found on the other side was intimacy with God they never would have discovered any other way. This episode doesn't offer easy answers. It offers something better: an honest look at what brokenness really produces, and why the broken places are exactly where God shows up.

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