Hi, I'm Jim Denison with Dennis Informed, and this is the Daily Article for Tuesday, October 16, 2018.

The Bible Walk Museum in Mansfield, Ohio, is a collection of more than 300 wax figures.

Its guided tours include the miracles of the Old Testament, the Life of Christ, the Heart of the Reformation,

the Museum of Christian Martyrs, and Amazing Grace, the Journeys of Paul.

There's also a dinner with grace, a Bible-themed dinner theater on the property.

Many of the museum's wax figures come from closed wax museums around the country,

or were bought from manufacturers that had a surplus.

Some were celebrities in their previous lives.

For instance, a wax figure of Prince Charles is now

Abel, the murdered brother of Kane. A wax figure of Prince Phillips serves as an angel.

Elizabeth Taylor is in the King Solomon scene, apparently playing the Queen of Sheba.

Steve McQueen and John Travolta have roles as well. Tom Cruise has been recast as Jesus.

Journalists and comedians have made fun of the museum

for reusing celebrity figures. However, director Julie Mottharden seems a larger purpose behind

the publicity they've received. Deep down, we believe that God sends each person here, so I want to make

sure as much as it's in me that they're getting out of their experience

here everything that God wanted them to get. Our post-Christian society is looking for significance

in the wrong places. We focus on the celebrities in our culture and miss the ordinary people

who are doing extraordinary things in God's power for God's glory. For instance, American pastor Andrew Brunson

served for years in Turkey without public recognition or reclaim. He was pastor of a 25-member church

in Izmir, Turkey, when he was arrested two years ago and falsely charged with engaging an espionage.

For a time, he was held with 21 other prisoners in a cell designed for

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