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The Heirloom Seed of Discipleship

“Through the intimacy of our relationship, you are being transformed from the inside out.”– Jesus Calling, January 25 Are you a fan of Tabasco hot sauce? You’re not alone. For more than 150 years, people have been grabbing bottle after bottle of the popular hot sauce to add a little zip to their food.  But have you ever heard how Tabasco came to be? It started with seeds In 1868, a man named Edmund Mcllhenny was given seeds to a pepper called Capsicum frutescens, a special variety historians believe came from Mexico or Central America. Mcllhenny planted the seeds at his home in southern Louisiana, and after a couple years of cultivating, he decided to launch a pepper sauce company. And the rest, as they say, is history. Heirloom seeds What strikes me most, besides the fact that E...

Following Christ Toward Your Unique Calling: Anthony Evans & Jenny + Tyler

Anthony Evans: There are many times in your life you don’t necessarily want to do something, but there is a plan and a purpose behind it. And a lot of times, your feelings will catch up with your feet when you just move into action. Following Christ Toward Your Unique Calling: Anthony Evans and Jenny & Tyler – Episode #159 Narrator: Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. Today’s guests are musicians who know the importance of having strong spiritual influences in their lives from an early age, and what it means to continue that legacy of bringing light into the world: singer and author Anthony Evans, and Christian singer/songwriting duo Jenny & Tyler. Growing up as the son of pastor Tony Evans, Anthony Evans struggled to find a place where he could be uniquely used by God. Today he ...