There is a Dutch saying: 'We never know what happens behind closed curtains.' This is certainly the case when talking about the Dutch Hypercalvinist churches I grew up in. Covering myself religiously from head to toe, abuse from my father and twisted doctrines by the church left me in utter despair. This is my story, which I have written to take you on a journey into the closed, mysterious and sectarian world of the Hypercalvinists with its beliefs and traditions. If you come from a similar church background (or even a very different background), please let me challenge and encourage you to be healed & truly set free Isaiah 61:3b: Beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness...