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Be Perfect

November 5th, 2024 | 7 min read

By Ross Byrd

When I was a kid, I remember getting excited any time I came across something in the Bible I actually understood. It was like a buried treasure unearthed. Now that I’m older I find I get most excited about the parts I absolutely do not understand. Each mysterious passage reminds me just how deep the well goes. And I don’t have to delve into the minor prophets to find them. Here’s one right in the middle of the most famous sermon of all time:

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Ross Byrd

Ross Byrd is the teaching director at Virginia Beach Fellows and the owner and director of Surf Hatteras, a surfing camp for teens in the Outer Banks, NC. He was raised in the Episcopal Church and served as a lay minister and musician there for years before a stint as associate pastor of a non-denominational church. He and his wife Hannah are raising four surfing children. Ross has degrees from the University of Virginia (2005) and Reformed Theological Seminary (2013). You can follow his work on Substack at www.PatientKingdom.com.