Among author M.C. Beaton’s Hammish MacBeth Series of murder mysteries is one titled Death of Yesterday. While the book does not deal with the death of a day in the obvious sense, the title is suggestive. Sometimes our mental and spiritual health requires the death of yesterday—and its burial. The apostle Paul wrote about forgetting those things which are behind.

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A third generation preacher, Mike Shannon is Professor of Preaching at Cincinnati Bible Seminary of Cincinnati Christian University. He has served as a preaching minister, church planter, and college professor. His most recent preaching ministry was at the historic First Christian Church of Johnson City, Tennessee. In his nearly two decades at Cincinnati Christian University, Mike has served as both professor and Dean of the Seminary. He has also been an adjunct professor at Milligan College and Northern Kentucky University. Mike is the author or co-author of several books.

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