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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).
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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).
Ross ByrdFormation
The story of Scripture is one of atonement and apocalypse, covering and uncovering.
Ross ByrdDeath
The now ubiquitous practice of cremation suggests that something has broken in how the culture and even the church understands death and the body.
Ross ByrdFilm Reviews/Hollywood
Disney's 2023 movie 'Wish' is best understood as a kind of inversion of a classic genie story with a deeply materialistic outlook.
Ross ByrdBibleFormation
Eden wasn't perfect, if we understand what the Bible means by 'perfect.' But one day those of us found in Christ will be.
Ross ByrdFormation
On 'Moral Failings' and the Meaning of Grace
Ross ByrdFormation
Fasting has always been part of Christian piety, though it is seldom practiced today. These are three reasons you should practice fasting.
Ross ByrdCultureChurch
The most effective evangelistic message for our day may not be 'you are accepted as you are' but rather 'be holy, as God your Father is holy.'