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God: 1, Touchdown Jesus: 0
By now, we’ve all read the story about Ohio’s famed “Touchdown Jesus” statue being struck by lightning and burning down to the ground. Some are calling it a random act of nature, some claim God struck down Jesus’ sporty likeness due to idolatry and some claim God was actually aiming for the adult bookstore billboard across the highway (which remains unscathed). None of these theories is correct.
Lightning struck “Touchdown Jesus” because God is jealous. It’s his middle name. Literally. Exodus 34:14 “For the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.” With a name like “Jealous,” how do you expect him to respond to a statue that has gathered so much fame over the years? We know he revels in having his own image plastered all over the world. That’s why his face is always showing up in toast and oil slicks. But this statue is very different from any regular ol’ Jesus trinket that you find in a church or dangling from your Mexican neighbor’s conversion van rear view mirror. While this one does glorify the Lord, it also distracts people from him by glorifying a mortal sport using Jesus’ overtly football-endorsing pose. Once we start celebrating anything not God-related (Miley Cyrus, iPhones, Jews, etc), like a jealous 
boyfriend he will come down and show people who’s boss. (Isaiah 2:18 “And the idols he shall utterly abolish.”).
So beware Monroe, Ohio if you decide to rebuild “Touchdown Jesus,” Jesus better watch out; the lightning was just the beginning. Psalm 18:14 “Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited.” Nothing’s worse than being discomfited.