Christian Teachings on Living by the Spirit Highlighted in Recent Publications

A Sunday Eucharist service at St Mary’s Walkley in the United Kingdom featured readings from Romans 8 and a parable from Matthew, emphasizing the Christian call to live by the Spirit rather than by the flesh. The service’s liturgical text described believers as “children of God” and urged believers to “put to death the deeds of the body.”

Separately, Crown Financial Ministries published an article titled “GIF Mortify the Flesh,” in which author Larry Burkett interprets Romans 8:13‑14, urging readers to reject flesh‑based living and to follow the Spirit. The article cites the King James phrasing “mortify the deeds of the body” and includes prayers for spiritual renewal, positioning the teaching as a contemporary application of the biblical passage.