Heck of an object lesson
OVIEDO, Fla. -- Members of a central Florida church are shaken after seeing one of their pastors collapse and die while preaching about going to heaven.
Members of Covenant Presbyterian Church near Orlando said the Rev. Jack Arnold had just said that his favorite Bible verse was: "For me to live is Christ, to die is gain."
Associate Pastor Michael Beates said Arnold then told the congregation, "When my work is done, I go to be with Jesus. And that will be gain! And when I go to heaven..."
In Beates' words, "At this point, Jack paused briefly, looked up, swayed slightly and grabbed the podium before falling back to the floor. And he was gone."
thanks to
stephen shields for the link
OVIEDO, Fla. -- Members of a central Florida church are shaken after seeing one of their pastors collapse and die while preaching about going to heaven.
Members of Covenant Presbyterian Church near Orlando said the Rev. Jack Arnold had just said that his favorite Bible verse was: "For me to live is Christ, to die is gain."
Associate Pastor Michael Beates said Arnold then told the congregation, "When my work is done, I go to be with Jesus. And that will be gain! And when I go to heaven..."
In Beates' words, "At this point, Jack paused briefly, looked up, swayed slightly and grabbed the podium before falling back to the floor. And he was gone."
thanks to
stephen shields for the link
posted by mark at
7:09 PM
1 Comments:
Wow. In some strange way I find that very cool. I would like to go like that when it is my time to go. My Great Grandfather was a circuit preacher in our area. I have never seen a picture of him that he wasn't holding his Bible. My Mom says that he was very prophetic, when it was time for him to die He told his family he was going to die, lay down to go to sleep, was in a como for 3 days... and died.
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