Sacred & Secular

Sacred & Secular

The Bible’s Strangest Exorcism — And What It Says About the People We Avoid

An unsettling story of power, evil, and unexpected restoration.

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Paul Ian Clarke
Nov 24, 2025
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Illustration of Jesus exorcizing the Gerasene demoniac by Katolophyromai — Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89963919

In the gospels, we meet a man who is demon-possessed, naked, living among tombs, and often chained because no one can control him.

He screams at Jesus, recognising Him instantly as “Son of the Most Hig…

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