A photo of D. Scott Cook with short brown hair and a slight smile, taking a selfie outdoors. Behind him, there are green grapevines and a bunch of blue grapes hanging from a vine.

Scott Cook, Author of Thrive Not Just Survive: How to Live from Within.

Scott is a former senior pastor and the founder and president of Abiding in Agape, a spiritual coaching service and teaching ministry dedicated to helping those exhausted by performance-based religion, self-doubt, and fear to discover the powerful, thriving life already within them.


He hosts the weekly international broadcast program "Thrive Not Just Survive" (starting in July) and "Breaking Free From Churchianity" on the Grace Awakening Network via Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google/Android TV, or gantv.com. Or you can listen to them on your favorite podcast app or RSS.com!

He’s also the author of three books:

all available on Amazon and other online bookstores.

Scott has over thirty years of experience in pastoral ministry, spiritual coaching, and business/professional training and coaching. He graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business and from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity.

And he’s taught in leadership seminars, professional training classes, churches, retreats, and conferences throughout the United States and other parts of the world.

Scott and his wife Cyndi live in the Dallas area of Texas. He is the father of two adult sons and is also a grandfather.


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