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In 2 Samuel 24 David is told that he must buy a certain piece of land in an act of repentance for his sins. The man who owns the land says that he'd like to give David the land and the animals to sacrifice. But David turns him down, insisting that he won't give to God something that cost him nothing.

This story demonstrates something that may be missing from the Christian world today. Sacrifice should cost us something. Sacrifice should be a sacrifice. In the 1970s, school districts in the North and South were told that they had to integrate schools. This move was opposed by people of all sorts, including some Christians who worried that if segregation academies lost their tax-exempt status then Christian schools would too.

This is the sad story of how some evangelicals with large followings came to oppose school integration. Our special guest is Daniel K. Williams, author of the excellent book God's Own Party. I also feature a clip from Angie Maxwell author of The Long Southern Strategy.

Sources

In Search of Another Country by Joseph Crespino
Boston Against Busing by Ronald Formisano
Reaganland by Rick Perlstein
The Evangelicals by Frances Fitzgerald
2 Samuel 24
Article on NPR
God's Own Party by Daniel K. Williams

Discussion Questions

Sacrifice requires sacrifice. What are your thoughts on that statement?
Do you believe in school integration? How should it have happened in the 1970s?
Would you have wanted your kids to be bused to a different town if it meant a more multicultural experience?
Why did some evangelicals with large followings think they needed to tie themselves to the GOP?
How do we reconcile with the history of religious segregation academies?

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