OVIEDO, Fla. - Talk about timing. Right after a Presbyterian minister uttered the words "And when I go to heaven..." during his sermon, he collapsed and died at the pulpit. The Rev. Jack Arnold, 69, was at the end of his sermon Sunday at
Covenant Presbyterian Church when he suddenly grabbed onto the podium before falling to the floor. Several parishioners with medical backgrounds tried to revive Arnold and paramedics were called, but he appeared to die instantly.
Before Arnold collapsed, he quoted 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."