Why God Hides

April 17th, 2025 | 13 min read

Nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light. (Mark 4:22)

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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). You can follow his work on Substack at www.PatientKingdom.com.

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Why God Hides

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