Dr. Gagnon certainly does not believe Matthew and Luke told the Centurion and pais story to legitimate gay relationships.

However, that Dr. Gagnon, the leading antigay apologist admits pais described a partner in a homosexual relationship is encouraging. At least he admits that linguistic fact.

For six hundred years before Matthew wrote his Gospel, Greek language and literature used pais to mean “a beloved lover” or “the younger partner in a same sex relationship.” That legitimates the probability that the Centurion and pais story deals with an ancient gay relationship…”

Here, read it for your self.

“Matthew 8:5-13

5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6″Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering.”
7Jesus said to him, “I will go and heal him.”

8The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

10When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him, “I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. 11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

13Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! It will be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.”

Well, what a strange thing has just happened! Christ healed a HOMOSEXUAL! Befor you eat your foot trying to discount this Biblical truth as false, consider the word of the Evangelical authority on Homosexual apologetics. Dr Robert Gagnon.

Dr. Gagnon earned his B.A. degree from Dartmouth, his M.T.S. (Master of Theological Studies) from Harvard Divinity School and his Ph.D. (Magna Cum Laude) from Princeton Theological Seminary.
He is an Associate Professor, with tenure, at Pittsburg Theological Seminary, teaching Greek and New Testament Exegesis.

He wrote the leading antigay apologetic, The Bible And Homosexual Practice, 520pp, published, 2001.

Not only is this man an Authority on Gays in the Church. But he is also a noted Greek scholar!

Bottom Line, Crist healed a homosexual and NEVER said ANYTHING to him about his sexual preferences. Does that condone it? No. But it does give me an example to live by. LOVE THE HOMOSEXUALS!

Dr. Gagnon certainly does not believe Matthew and Luke told the Centurion and pais story to legitimate gay relationships.

However, that Dr. Gagnon, the leading antigay apologist admits pais described a partner in a homosexual relationship is encouraging. At least he admits that linguistic fact.

For six hundred years before Matthew wrote his Gospel, Greek language and literature used pais to mean “a beloved lover” or “the younger partner in a same sex relationship.” That legitimates the probability that the Centurion and pais story deals with an ancient gay relationship…”

Here, read it for your self.

“Matthew 8:5-13

5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6″Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering.”
7Jesus said to him, “I will go and heal him.”

8The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

10When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him, “I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. 11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

13Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! It will be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.”

Well, what a strange thing has just happened! Christ healed a HOMOSEXUAL! Befor you eat your foot trying to discount this Biblical truth as false, consider the word of the Evangelical authority on Homosexual apologetics. Dr Robert Gagnon.

Dr. Gagnon earned his B.A. degree from Dartmouth, his M.T.S. (Master of Theological Studies) from Harvard Divinity School and his Ph.D. (Magna Cum Laude) from Princeton Theological Seminary.
He is an Associate Professor, with tenure, at Pittsburg Theological Seminary, teaching Greek and New Testament Exegesis.

He wrote the leading antigay apologetic, The Bible And Homosexual Practice, 520pp, published, 2001.

Not only is this man an Authority on Gays in the Church. But he is also a noted Greek scholar!

Bottom Line, Crist healed a homosexual and NEVER said ANYTHING to him about his sexual preferences. Does that condone it? No. But it does give me an example to live by. LOVE THE HOMOSEXUALS!

I was going to tell Jharp in an Myspace message the other day that the XXXChurch guys should start GAYChurch.com, or something to that affect. I think that would really fly in the face of “Christians” and we could truly see the Followers of God who will be left standing.

That is something the Lord dropped in my spirit a couple of days ago.

Keep up the good work. You inspired me to start a blog when you were on the Triad podcast.

I was going to tell Jharp in an Myspace message the other day that the XXXChurch guys should start GAYChurch.com, or something to that affect. I think that would really fly in the face of “Christians” and we could truly see the Followers of God who will be left standing.

That is something the Lord dropped in my spirit a couple of days ago.

Keep up the good work. You inspired me to start a blog when you were on the Triad podcast.

I am really glad to learn of the work God has done in you, and continues to do. I agree with you that we are called by God to love homosexuals as we are called to love all others, even enemies and the self-righteous.

However, loving them does not mean we say nothing against their sinful lifestyle. Just as you speak about or against the evils of pornography, why would you refuse to speak about or against the evils of the homosexual lifestyle?

Remember what our Lord Jesus said: “Repent and believe in the gospel” (Mark 1:15).

We are not condemn the person, but we must pass judgment on the sinful act or behavior. Even our Lord Jesus, who did not condemn the woman caught in the act of adultery, said to her: “Go and sin no more” (John 8:11).

Just as we must speak against the sin of stealing, murder, adultery, fornication, lying, blasphemy, etc., we must also speak against the sin of homosexual acts.

I am really glad to learn of the work God has done in you, and continues to do. I agree with you that we are called by God to love homosexuals as we are called to love all others, even enemies and the self-righteous.

However, loving them does not mean we say nothing against their sinful lifestyle. Just as you speak about or against the evils of pornography, why would you refuse to speak about or against the evils of the homosexual lifestyle?

Remember what our Lord Jesus said: “Repent and believe in the gospel” (Mark 1:15).

We are not condemn the person, but we must pass judgment on the sinful act or behavior. Even our Lord Jesus, who did not condemn the woman caught in the act of adultery, said to her: “Go and sin no more” (John 8:11).

Just as we must speak against the sin of stealing, murder, adultery, fornication, lying, blasphemy, etc., we must also speak against the sin of homosexual acts.