We all know of the men and women who lurk around the internet, spending their free hours attempting to destroy the lives of others. These men and women, as we all know, are referred to trolls. They often group up on those who do not fit their own lifestyle. It is not hard to be attacked by a troll; it may even be possible this journal or this entire page may be trolled.

Some men and women who crawl around the darkness of the internet have no real reason why they attempt to harm others besides that they are, themselves, fearful children who have yet to grow up. They are fed by their own hatred of others, and are unaware that as they do what they do best, they hurt themselves, and push themselves further into the condemnation that Christ has prepared for all those who are disobedient and unrighteous.

There is obvious sin behind speaking of those who you dislike in a negative way when there is no love behind it. The sin of slander. Slander is forbidden by the 9th commandment; bearing false witness about your neighbor. We must make certain we do not slander those who slander us, or lie about those who hurt us to hurt them back.

As you must not bear false witness about your neighbor, it is equally important to protect your neighbor's name. Any one man or woman will have a long list of sins that they have committed; this is simply our depravity. There is a time and place to speak of someones sin, but it is never the time and place to do so on the public internet blogs, websites, or chats.

Let us make sure not to slander each other, brothers and sisters, and when slandered, realize that we are not saved by our own past's, but instead the righteousness of Christ- this should bring us to continue in good works and loving those who are our enemy.

Here is a sermon dealing with the issue of slander. I encourage you to listen to it:
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To those of you who may be wondering about my theological camp at this point in time due to the confusion that may have been spread by the skimming over of "The Unjust Judge", a recent journal of mine, I would like to clear the situation up.

As I have come to know more deeply and broadly the doctrines of scripture, I have also become aware of the overly obvious subject of God's sovereignty in the Bible. It is beyond me that I had ever been so logically and spiritually blind to the truth within God's Word. This was due to idols in my heart, a church around me that simply gave me milk when I was in need of meat (imagine a grownup with a baby bottle, that was me spiritually), and a lack of my own to struggle with sin quite as much as I have come to recently.

These truths from scripture hit me in the face with a 16 pound bowling ball and threw me across the room and through the drywall. Being so bluntly whacked with the 5 iron of truth, it became apparent to me how foolish the other approaches to scripture were.

By satire, I tried to show the obscurity, cloudiness, and outright silliness of the doctrines outside of Calvinism.

Simply said, I am still a Calvinist.

Soli Deo Gloria

Hello, Deviantart!

This journal isn't simply to the church (visual and elect), but for anyone who has ever and will ever visit my page, so I will be simple in my words, and even simpler in my doctrine. There is no need to fear for something involving predestination or infralapsarianism. This is for my friends, my enemies, those who have known me before, during, and after my faith in Christ.

It has been known by many of you that I have grown cold to comments from some of you. You would consider yourselves enemies of me, possibly voting on my polls to mess up my scientific data, flaming me on your own pages and talking behind my back. This is all fine and dandy that you like to do these things, as that will make it no problem for you to see your own sin and need for Christ. Slander, anger, and hatred of others is murder of the heart and WILL be judged.

You may consider yourselves my enemies, and so I must refer to you as my enemies as well. This does not mean, though, that I will not apologize for my coldness in responses to you. I am sorry that I have been so blunt towards you all, as I have been proud in my own knowledge of the truth. It may be absolutely certain that I know God, but there is a part of everyone that stays with you even when you become saved that keeps you able to sin. This is called habit. It is habit to treat others who offend me purposely with straight ignorance and cold answers. My intention for you, my enemies, is to continue in sticking to the Holy Bible in everything I say, pulling morality only from it's pages, and showing you it's truths, your sinfulness, and your need for Christ Jesus to save you as He saved me.

I hope you understand that though you purposely attempt to frustrate me, get me to be mean and hypocritical, and simply annoy me, I will continue to love you in this way- putting forth the truth of scripture; and that is whether it offends you or not.

My friends, those who are with and who are not with Christ- I apologize for my lack of time to respond in complete thoughts to your messages. I also hope that my responses may become more valuable to you as I give them; I will do my best to listen to all you have to say when you do comment.

My brothers and sisters, those who are beloved by Christ. Whether Calvinist or Arminian, though I find much to be in error with some of your beliefs, I will do my best to take an understanding and loving point of view as I talk to and respond to you. I wish for you to simply seek the truth of Christ and the Holy Bible- in that I wish for you to correct me in all that I do when there is a need. I will not be so offended I will not listen to you. I wish for you to treat me as if I was a rough draft. Correct me without pause, but consider what I might say in response to your correction if it happens to be something I have decided on.

I love you all with the heart that Christ has given me, and I know that in the end of it all, I will see you in Heaven (as long as you are elect )

Thank you for taking a minute to read my journal, all- It's cut a tad short, but I hope you all get my point. May the LORD bless you and keep you.

"It is finished!", Christ managed to speak in agony upon the cross. The wrath of God had been taken for the sake of the whole entire world- every individual. Afterward, the Roman guards finished up with and removed Christ from the cross, putting him into the grave. The souls of all the righteous were taken from the grave and brought into heaven. Their choice to accept Christ into their hearts had been enough of a work to earn them their salvation.
Back in the pits of hell, the many tortured souls were screaming "Oh Christ, He has died for my sins, but my unbelief- had I believed in Him and earned my salvation like the rest!" With a furious wrath, God continued to treat those in hell with the wages they deserved; the wages of their sin, though Christ had died for the sins of the whole world- that is except unbelief.
Little had those in hell known, God felt sorry for them. He had -wanted- to save them, but they would not believe in Him! He was unable to save those whom He wanted to live, and therefore was grieved. Alongside the Father was Christ, who was hoping that His blood would be given the power to save- that anyone would believe. He could not help but find sorrow for the man who was sitting on the street corner- surely he had enough good within his spiritual deadness to believe. He looked upon the Apostle Paul in hell, who was the heretic who had not come to repentance.
Oh, sinner! If you will just believe in God! He -wants- to save you! You just have to let Him! He can't have any power except by you!


This was satire. If you cant tell its absolutely against the words of the Bible, im sorry.

It's been a while since I have written a journal, friends, and this time I wish to relieve you from gospel and law. This will possibly still be offensive to you if you disagree with me, but I will by no means pass up a chance to discuss this subject with you. The subject I wish to talk to you all about is the church, and the love of a born again Calvinist.

The church is your family- what kind of family is it if you don't know any of the members of it? This is a problem I have seen with large churches- Please do not misunderstand me. I understand some churches grow quite large, and so they make small groups. This, to me, is a mistake in itself, but that subject aside, some of these large churches deal with making the family in that way.

Let me just tell you this, my brothers and sisters. Never have I had a family quite like my family at Christ Reformed Baptist Church. I have attended huge churches for so long, and yet I never felt at home until I was taken to CRBC. My friends, I feel appreciated by the elders and members of this church- not just superficially, but deeply and genuinely. I have never seen a church in which cares so much about it's members. Tom, our pastor, even has a care for the children of the church, testing them from the small childrens catechism each Sunday morning. More than half of this church knows my name!

Now to explain the title of this journal- I say Calvinists never smile as a joke. I have never found more specific and real love and kindness in any other church than in the Calvinist church I attend. This doesn't mean that non-Calvinists are not loving! Many of you say that Calvinists are hateful. You say that they wish to start doctrinal debates and hurt and only care about being right.

Never have I seen more selflessness than in my church. Never have I seen such peace and unity in my church. Never have I felt like my brothers and sisters are truly my brothers and sisters until I came to a Calvinist church. My friends, my brethren, and my fellow followers of Christ- No one will love you more than a mature, born-again Calvinist.