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- Aug 27, 2026
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- Jul 29, 2026
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John Newton on “Self-Care” (opens the original)
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“I have occasionally heard sad tales of you that by the loudness, length and frequency of your public discourses you are lighting your candle at both ends. I cannot blame your zeal, you serve a good master, who is well worthy you should spend and be spent for his sake. You have likewise a sense of the worth and danger of souls, and this makes you earnest and importunate. Perhaps too you think you are immortal till your work is done (which I shall not dispute) and therefore think it is less needf
Abby's Reading Digest: Summer 2026 (opens the original)
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Good morning!I’ve shifted how I’m showing up and sharing posts on this Substack; read about it here. In short, I’m posting on Substack regularly-ish, but not emailing posts out automatically. Instead, once I publish a few posts, I’ll send a digest-style with links to those posts, plus a few links and maybe a personal note or two.1This is the first of those digest style posts… Welcome!<div class="captioned-image-container
Spiritual Things Must Be Spiritually Discerned (opens the original)
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“You place the whole stress of your inquiries upon reason: I am far from discarding reason, when it is enlightened and sanctified; but spiritual things must be spiritually discerned, and can be received and discerned no other way; for to our natural reason they are foolishness.”1-from a Letter to Rev. Mr. S— (Oct. 28, 1775)<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!w1A3!,f_auto,q_auto:go
Doing You So Much Good (opens the original)
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