Author, speaker, and preacher, Jerry Cook is the Associate Pastor at Eastside Foursquare Church in Bothell, Washington, where he maintains a teaching and church-consulting ministry. He addresses conventions and leadership conferences through the U.S., as well as Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific. Cook is the author of the bestseller Love, Acceptance, and Forgiveness as well as A Few Things I've Learned Since I Knew It All. He is a graduate of Seattle Pacific University and Fuller Theological Seminary and also holds a Doctor of Divinity degree from Life Pacific College. He and his wife, Barbara, have four children and three grandchildren.