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KEEPING CHRIST IN A CRADLE

The World prefers to keep Jesus in a cradle where He is innocent and powerless. the dare not allow Him to be Lord and God much less our suffering servant.

In the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (a movie I could not watch in its entirety and has no redeemable value in my opinion), the main character, Ricky Bobby, a race car driver, prays as follows:

Ricky: Dear Eight Pound, Six Ounce, Newborn Baby Jesus, in your golden, fleece diapers, with your curled-up...little fists pawin' at the air...

Chip: He was a man! He had a beard!

Ricky: I like the baby version the best!

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