Review: Holy Helps for a Godly Life
Holy Helps for a Godly Life by Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers (1551–1618)
Life: Earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1571 and a Master of Arts degree for Caius College in 1574. The next year, he became curate of Radminster in Essex, which was met with a great deal of success. Rogers was a very smart man but never allowed his genius to conflict with his desire to live a godly life. As one biographer said of him, “Rogers was a man of considerable learning who led a humble, peaceable, and exemplary life. Yet he suffered greatly for his nonconformist views” (MTP, p. 505). For more information, there is a short biography included in the book.
General info about author: (p. X-xi)
Overall Summary/review:
As I have already mentioned, in this book, Richard Rogers provides a helpful list and description of the means of grace (what are the means of grace? P. xviii) and shows the reader how these means of grace promote godliness. (p. xiii)
Rogers teaches us of each of these ten major means in 12 chapters by splitting them into two different categories: public means and private means (p. 2-3, table of contents).
This book is actually a selection from a larger book which Rogers wrote and it has been updated to modern English for ease of reading (p. Xiii, xxiii)
In each chapter, Rogers provides helpful definitions, and offers the benefit of each means of grace (p. 9, 17, 26, 38, 93, 124,
This year, we are focusing a lot of attention to the importance of reading as a Christian. It’s been my argument in a couple of videos (including one that’s coming out on Monday!) that it is a duty of the Christian to be a reader. Rogers in this book includes reading as a means of grace (p. 150).
Rogers closes his book with a conclusion (p.177-178).