I’m a bit envious
What a way to go!
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.
Nice timing.
January 11th, 2005 at 2:03 am
Now there’s a pastor who knows how to create a dramatic sermon illustration.
January 11th, 2005 at 6:26 pm
Not quite going out in a blaze of glory, but very nice, yes, very nice.
I like this one:
When I go I wanna go out like Elijah
With a whirlwind to fuel my chariot of fire
And when I look back on the stars
It’ll be like a candlelight in Central Park
And it won’t break my heart to say goodbye
January 11th, 2005 at 6:27 pm
Oh yeh, love that Rich.