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Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries.\nAs is now well known, millions of evangelical Christians supported Donald Trump and helped lead him to victory on November 8, 2016 in his stunning upset over Hillary Clinton. Besides Franklin Graham and Jerry Falwell, Jr., among the better known evangelicals who have support Mr. Trump are James Robison, host of the TV program Life Today, David Jeremiah, senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch in El Cajon, California, Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist, Dallas, Texas, and Jack Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist in Prestonwood, Texas.\nUntil recently, there hasn\u2019t been as much focus on Trump\u2019s more charismatic and prosperity gospel supporters. In fact, many in these circles were convinced to vote for Trump in 2016 because prophets in the movements believed Trump was destined by God to become president as early as 2015.\nTwo lesser-known charismatics who have been on Trump\u2019s Evangelical council are Jentezen Franklin, senior pastor, Free Chapel Worship Center, Gainesville, Georgia, and Robert Morris, pastor of Gateway Church, a multi-site megachurch of some 36,000 attenders based in Southlake, Texas, near Fort Worth.\nTwo prominent supporters, both associated strongly with the prosperity gospel, are Kenneth Copeland and Paula White, both of whom have also been a part of the President\u2019s council. White has had a particularly close pastoral relationship with President Trump, starting years before he took office. And recently, she\u2019s been appointed by Trump to the Office of Public Liaison, which is responsible for communicating and interacting with various interest groups.\nOn this edition of Quick to Listen, we want to delve more deeply into Trump\u2019s charismatic and properity gospel supporters, and especially Paula White, to better understand the social and political passions and concerns of this religious movement.\nOur guest is James A. Beverley, research professor of Christian thought and ethics at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, Canada. He is also Associate Director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion in Texas. He has been a contributor Christianity Today, Faith Today, and Charisma magazines. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Nelson\u2019s Illustrated Guide to Religion and Religions A to Z, and most recently, Donald Trump, God, and Christian Prophecy: A Guide to the Prophets and Prophecies in the Charismatic-Pentecostal World concerning the 45th President.\nThis episode of Quick to Listen is brought to you in part by\xa0Intensional. D.A. Horton unpacks how God addresses these issues and where to take it from there in his new book\xa0Intensional.\xa0Go to dahorton.com to learn more about Intensional.\nThis episode of Quick to Listen is also brought to you by\xa0Christianbook.com, your go-to source for everything Christian. Books, Bibles, gifts, music and more, all in one place. And always from people who share your values. Go to\xa0Christianbook.com.\nThis episode of Quick to Listen is also brought to you by Meant for More, a nationwide\xa0movement of students sharing the gospel at public school in March 2020. To learn more about how you can help equip students to reach their schools for Christ, visit Meantformore.org.\xa0\nWhat is \u201cQuick to Listen\u201d?\xa0Read more\nSubscribe to\xa0Quick to Listen\xa0on\xa0Apple Podcasts\nFollow the podcast on\xa0Twitter\nFollow our host on Twitter:\xa0Morgan Lee\nSubscribe to Mark\u2019s newsletter:\xa0The Galli Report\nFollow our guest on Twitter:\xa0Emily Belz\nMusic by\xa0Sweeps\nQuick to Listen\xa0is produced by\xa0Morgan Lee\xa0and\xa0Matt Linder\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices