"Once saved, always saved" is a distortion of the Doctrine of Eternal Security. It is not enough that at one time you professed faith in Christ. You must finish the race.
Michael Horton and Michael J. McClymond discuss the implications of Mystical Christianity on the way we think about heaven, hell, and ultimate redemption.
There are books that have a chapter on spiritual battle, but there are very few marriage and family books that specifically tackle the family and spiritual battle.
There haven’t been many of those throughout human history. But the event about which you will hear, revolving around Stephen, certainly rises to that level of an event after which our world, let alone our lives, would never be the same again.
If God is truly just, then he needs to hold all of us accountable for lying, greed, covetousness, sexual impurity, and pride. This is why, in addition to justice, we desperately need God’s mercy and grace.