It boiled down to the old guard fighting back against a newcomer - Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott, as detailed by Yahoo's Dan Wetzel. History from the front pages of The Cincinnati Enquirer from June 16 includes the burning of the Touchdown Jesus state at Stone Rock Church in Monroe. 11-year anniversary: Touchdown Jesus statue hit by lightning JMonroe, Ohio The King of Kings was a 62-foot tall statue of Jesus that was erected outside of the Solid Rock Church only to burn down from a fire resulting from a lightning strike to the then-flammable monument. Texas and other powerful outside sources helped save the Big 12, according to SI.com.

Derided for losing two teams, conference commissioner Dan Beebe now deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, writes Kevin Sherrington of the DMN. With Colorado and Nebraska gone, it appeared Texas would lead the best of the Big 12's rest to the Pac-10. high sculpture of Christ appears to explode from the dirt behind the amphitheater at Monroes. That's the opinion of Chuck Carlton of the Dallas Morning News. Jesus has risen near the interstate north of Cincinnati. Given up for dead only days ago, the Big 12 has emerged leaner and meaner. The 62-foot-tall statue made of plastic foam and fiberglass over a steel frame was stuck by lightning and destroyed Monday June 14, 2010. 17, 2004 file photo shows traffic on I-75 just north of the Monroe, Ohio, going by a six story high statue of Jesus under construction at the Solid Rock Church Nov. The vapors would surely have been less pungent. There seems to be little irony in the claim that the fire was an “act of God.” If so, does one rebuild? Here is what it looks like now. The sculpture was also known as “Big Butter Jesus.” Alas. None of the news reports I read mentioned the toxic cloud of burning plastic vapors that must have floated over the town. Here is what the statue looked like before it burned: One report read that it had “exploded.” Also known as the “King of Kings”, the fiberglass and plastic sculpture was 62′ high, fronted the Solid Rock Church within view of I-75, and cost $250,000 to build in 2004. The landmark 'King of Kings' statue at Solid Rock Church in Monroe Ohio, often referred to as 'Touchdown Jesus' was struck by lightning and destroyed by fir. However, it was not hard to find this image, once I had clicked on the news that the Monroe, Ohio “Touchdown Jesus” statue burned to the ground last night, after being hit by lightening.

I do not know if it is a “generated” image, as a colleague of mine once put it, or if the lamp HAS a figure of the “Touchdown Jesus” inside it, or if an Act of God simply caused the Touchdown Jesus to form from hot wax. It also caught on fire, resulting in a burndown of the statue. MONROE, OHIO - Monroe fire officials set damage at 700,000 after lightning struck and burned down a 62-foot-high Jesus Christ statue and. It got struck by lightning on June 14, 2010. The Lux Mundi Jesus statue was put in front of Solid Rock Church of Monroe off of Interstate 75 on Wednesday, being positioned by a lake the church owns. An Ohio church that once had a large statue of Jesus known as 'Touchdown Jesus' has completed construction of its equally large replacement. By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor. I was NOT, I truly was NOT on the prowl for Martyr Figurines when I found this image today. The video shows what's left of the famous Touchdown Jesus statue by I-75 in Monroe, Ohio. Giant Statue Replacing 'Touchdown Jesus' Completed in Ohio.

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