On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Paul Smalley about how understanding the Church and the end times can help the Christian prepare for and face suffering, along with volume 4 of Reformed Systematic Theology: Church and Last Things (Crossway, 2024), Paul wrote with Dr. Joel Beeke. Pick up a copy of Reformed Systematic Theology volume four here: https://amzn.to What you'll hear in this episode • How understanding the Church helps the average Christian prepare for and face suffering. • How understanding the end times helps the average Christian prepare for and face suffering. • How the means of grace can help the average Christian. • How the Reformers and Puritans can help us today to recover a biblical understanding of the Church. • How the Reformers and Puritans can help us today to recover a biblical understanding of the end times. About Today's Guest Paul M. Smalley (ThM, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary) is faculty teaching assistant to Joel Beeke at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He previously served for twelve years as a pastor in the Baptist General Conference in the midwestern United States. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback Website: https://servantsofgrace.org/equipping-you-in-grace-2/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/equipping-you-in-grace/id1046765197 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2hSxiDWtUUADAlaDFijRE4 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/37029196-cf49-4ecf-80c2-7a7aa846ff9e/equipping-you-in-grace YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/servantsofgrace Donate to our ministry: https://servantsofgrace.org/giving/ Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!