Dr. John Snyder continues the Letters that Continue to Speak series with John Newton’s Letter 5.

In this pastoral letter, Newton teaches how God uses trials to cultivate humility, Christlikeness, and dependence on Him alone. He warns that comforts can quietly divide our hearts, but through trials, Christ—the perfect Teacher—draws us back to Himself.

Newton closes with four exhortations: gratitude for Christ as Teacher, attentiveness to daily lessons, obedience on the path of duty, and drawing strength from prayer and Scripture.

This episode is a reminder that God’s kindness is never absent, even in our hardest seasons.

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Read all eight letters to Mrs.

First Letter to Mrs.: https://www.mediagratiae.org/resources/first-leter-to-mrs

Second Letters to Mrs.: https://www.mediagratiae.org/resources/second-letter-to-mrs

Third Letter to Mrs.: https://www.mediagratiae.org/resources/third-letter-to-mrs

Fourth Letter to Mrs.: https://www.mediagratiae.org/resources/fourth-letter-to-mrs

Fifth Letter to Mrs.: https://www.mediagratiae.org/resources/fifth-letter-to-mrs-

Sixth Letter to Mrs.: https://www.mediagratiae.org/resources/sixth-letter-to-mrs

Seventh Letter to Mrs.: https://www.mediagratiae.org/resources/seventh-letter-to-mrs

Eighth Letter to Mrs.: https://www.mediagratiae.org/resources/eighth-letter-to-mrs

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