Every summer as a kid, we used to drive from Detroit to my grandfathers house in Kentucky. Just outside of Cincinnatti on the side of I-75 is a giant statue of Christ called the “King of Kings”. The 62 foot statue depicts jesus from the chest up with arms and head raised to the sky and was erected by Solid Rock Church, a 3000+ member megachurch.

The “Big Butter Jesus” so named because of it’s pale yellow color, has inspired several different nicnames including “Giant Jesus”, “Touchdown Jesus”, “Drowning Jesus”, and “MC 62 Ft. Jesus”.

The statue has spawned several photoshop memes and Comedian Heywood Banks wrote and performed a song about the statue entitled “Big Butter Jesus,” which encourages all to “Spread” the Word.

So in the spirit of Easter, here is my gift to you. Take it away Heywood.

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