Preacher Dies During Sermon About Heaven

[420inTN]

Jan 10, 10:43 PM (ET)

OVIEDO, Fla. (AP) - A Presbyterian minister collapsed and died in mid-sentence of a sermon after saying "And when I go to heaven ...," his colleague said Monday.

The Rev. Jack Arnold, 69, was nearing the end of his sermon Sunday at Covenant Presbyterian Church in this Orlando suburb when he grabbed the podium before falling to the floor, said the Rev. Michael S. Beates, associate pastor at Covenant Presbyterian.

Before collapsing, Arnold quoted the 18th century Bible scholar, John Wesley, who said, "Until my work on this earth is done, I am immortal. But when my work for Christ is done ... I go to be with Jesus," Beates said in a telephone interview.

Several members of the congregation with medical backgrounds tried to revive the minister and paramedics were called, but Arnold appeared to die instantly, Beates said.

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[Cheswick2.0]

1. Wow, what are the chances of that happening?

I'll bet that congregation will remember that sermon.

[Skidmore]

2. Guess his work on earth was done and his number was up.

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[Cleita]

3. He must have had a premonition even to do a sermon

about dying and going to heaven.

[gauguin57]

4. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of ..

... in your philosophy."

My great-aunt called my mother a few years back, and said her long-dead husband's picture had fallen off the wall. "I think he's calling me home," she said.

The next day, they found her dead on her kitchen floor, with the coffeepot in her hand.