Tag: Luke 8:26-39

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  Declaring How Much God Has Done – A Retirement Sermon On Luke 8:26-39

  June 23, 2025

  Several weeks ago I looked to see what the readings would be for today, my last Sunday to preach as your priest. My first thought when I read today’s gospel (Luke 8:26-39) was, Aw, come on God, really? The Gerasene demonic? An exorcism for my last Sunday? My second thought was, Am I the one Read more
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  Enlarging Life In Uvalde – A Sermon On Luke 8:26-39

  June 19, 2022

  It’s not too difficult to make some connections between the man in today’s gospel (Luke 8:26-29) and ourselves and what has happened in Uvalde. Though his circumstances may be different from ours, we’re not that different from him. The man used to live in a house in the city, now he lives outside the city Read more
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  The True Image Defeats Legion – A Sermon on Luke 8:26-39

  June 23, 2013

  “Jesus then asked him, ‘What is your name?’ He said, ‘Legion;’ for many demons had entered him.” (From Luke 8:26-39, Proper 7C) He called himself Legion but that is not his true name. That is not who he is. It is, rather, what has become of him, what has happened to him. Let’s not get Read more
• Tombs, Chains, Nakedness, Demons – The Stuff of Life, The Power of Christ

  June 21, 2010

  The collect and readings for Proper 7C, the Third Sunday after Pentecost, may be found here. The appointed gospel is Luke 8:26-39. Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time Read more