Esther Smith’s A Still and Quiet Mind: Twelve Strategies for Changing Unwanted Thoughts (P&R Publishing), has been very well-received, including by The Gospel Coalition, where it was honored as their book of the year in the Christian Living category.
As I’ve been reading through (and applying) the book and strategies, I have been impressed by how scripturally-saturated and theologically-grounded it is. So I decided to collate the biblical references and the theological concepts developed throughout A Still and Quiet Mind.
Biblically-Rich, Scripturally-Saturated
By my count, and I’m sure I missed some, Esther quotes, references, develops, discusses, builds upon, and/or applies 129 biblical passages.
A Still and Quiet Mind had 140 pages of written text—so that’s almost a biblical passage developed per page.
Biblical Counseling-Aligned, Theologically-Aligned
Also by my count, Esther has 15 quotes/citations from biblical counselors and another 25 quotes/citations from pastors, theologians, commentaries, biblical word studies, etc. That’s 40 biblical counseling/theology references in 140 pages of text.
Sufficiency of Scripture-Committed
Here’s what Esther says about her approach in her own words.
“Our approach to thorough change should be faithful to Scripture. All of Scripture… We should attempt to understand how thought change fits into the overall biblical
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