Perplexing challenge

Hi,
I have Church theme.
This code:

<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=3&showposts=4"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
      <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">
      <?php the_title(); ?>
      </a>
		<?php the_content_limit(80, "Read More"); ?>
		<?php endwhile; ?>

Works perfectly on all pages and homepage, except for my posts pages.
On my Posts pages, it shows all the text from a post, as if the content limit wasn’t working. I can’t find which page to fix this. I’ve added the above code to all .php pages in the theme that it could possibly be.
Anyone??
Thank you for your time!