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b'Oklahoma politician James Lankford became a US Senator in 2015, the year before Donald Trump officially became the Republican Party\\u2019s candidate. Lankford didn\\u2019t support Trump in the GOP\\u2019s primary but ultimately backed him during the election. \\u201cWhat I really look for in a presidential candidate is someone who is a great role model, and I didn\\u2019t get that this time,\\u201d said Lankford. \\u201cI was very frustrated. I didn\\u2019t have a good option. I didn\\u2019t have that person who I would say is a great role model for my daughters and for my family.\\u201d Lankford has served nearly a decade in Washington, DC. But before that, the Southern Baptist thought he had found his calling as a Christian summer camp director. When he decided to transition, he found peace in his change in calling after observing the Bible\\u2019s attention to politics. \\u201cThere are about 36 and a half books in the Old Testament that are written to, by, or about a political leader. It was often the prophet going to a king, King David writing in a psalm, or Solomon writing in Proverbs,\\u201d said Lankford. \\u201cA third of the New Testament was written to a political leader: the Book of Luke and the Book of Acts.\\u201d Lankford joined associate digital media producer Morgan Lee and editor in chief Mark Galli to discuss why he started a bipartisan Bible study, what he thinks of the president\\u2019s tweets, and why he\\u2019s challenging white people when it comes to race.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'