nuthorih- to bind and to release. It hasrnbeen promised, by tlie One wlio holds inrnHis hand all povver in Hcaen and onrnearth, that the ver- gates of Hell wouldrnnot prevail against the divine audiorih ofrnthe Church. It is also said that the powerrnwhich dwells in individual Christians —rnthe cr’ power of our Lord Jesus Christisrngreater than that which dwells in thernworld and that if Christians come near tornGod and resist the Devil, the latter will bernforced to flee from their ver- presence.rnThen why such defeat, such disarravrnin our ranks, such lamentable weakness?rnIs it because the power that God has entrustedrnto us has become nullified b ourrnspiritual, doctrinal, moral, and politicalrncompromises? Has God been silent inrnour midst for so long because we have sornlargel}’ forsaken Him? Have we —despiternour pretensions to faithfulness —gonernoer to the enemv, become so much hisrnfriend that we no longer even have therndesire to fight him?rnI ,et us return to Cod, to simple faith inrnhis Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to a perse-rnering faith and obedience in his inspiredrnWord, in e en” aspect of our thought, ourrnactions, and our emotions, both in ourrnpersonal lies and in our public obligations.rnLet us strive to clean our churchesrnof all that dishonors God’s HoK’ Namernand drive out of our pulpits and denominationalrnadministrations those who haernencrusted themselves into positions ofrnself-serving ecclesiastical power. Andrnthen we shall find restored in our midstrnnot our own power—God forbid! — butrnCod’s irresistible might. This restorationrnof .Almighh God to His rightful positionrnof authorih’ will also restore true and irresistiblernpower and authorit to the forcesrnof good in our nations; this restoration ofrnGod’s Church in our land will affect e-rnerv aspect of the life of our societies; evenrnin the political and military fields, wernshall see that tire powers of evil, which,rnfor far too long, have occupied posts of illegitimaternauthorit}” in our nations, willrnbe forced to flee before the Word ofrnAlmight- God put into practice by thernobedience of his faithful people.rnMa our mighh’ God, die God of battles,rnWliom we have the honor and greatrnprivilege to sere, have mere” on us allrnand accomplish in us, and through us, forrnHis sole glor-, this mighty work to Hisrneternal praise.rnJean-h’Iarc Berthoud is a Calvinistrntheologian and bookstore owner fromrnSwitzerland.rnHUMORrnFive Minutes WithrnGovernor Bushrnbv Clyde WilsonrnThrough the good offices of a friendrnwho is a large contributor to Repuhhcanrncauses, Chronicles was able to securerna brief exclusive intennew Mith George W.rnBush^the likeh next President of thernUnited States. We caught up with GovernorrnBush in Des Monies a few minutes beforernhe was to address the annual jointrnconvention of the Midwestern Associationrnof Funeral Directors and the Funeral Cosmetologistsrnof America.rnChronicles: Goernor Bush, von havernpromised tax cuts. Man- people rememberrnour father’s famous promise of “nornnew taxes” and ma’ be afraid that suchrnpromises can’t or won’t be kept. A relatedrnconcern is that the middle- and workingclassrnincomes are declining while thernrich are getting richer.rnGeorge W. Bush: America is the land ofrnopportunih’ for eerbod}’. We hae torncut taxes to make sure people take adantagcrnof the great entrepreneurial opportunitiesrn—like oil, and baseball, for instance.rnC: Man^• Americans feel deepK tliat abortionrnis a sin and a crime and that its widespreadrnacceptance is a sign of a sick societ}’.rnB: I am deepK concerned about abortion.rnThat is wh-1 passed a parental notificationrnlaw in Texas that is a model forrnthe nation—to make sure teenagers notif’rntheir parents when thev’re going tornhae an abortion —and v;ce versa.rnC: Man)’ Americans are concernedrnabout the militarization of tiie federal policernand incidents such as Rub Ridge,rnduring your fiithcr’s administration, andrnWaco, which happened in our state.rnDo ou tiiink measur(.’s should be takenrnto identifv’ tiiose responsible and punishrnthem, and to restrain such incidents inrndie future?rnB: I am the law-and-order candidate. AsrnPresident, I will make sure the policernhave all the tools the- need to handlerndangerous criminals. Wlien I am President,rnou won’t hae dangerous bigotsrnlike this John Rocker prowling the streetsrnshooting off his mouth. He makes mernsick. I wish we could have him at Yale forrnjust one week, but he probably couldn’trnpass the entrance exam.rnAnd I want to assure my friend CharltonrnHcston and members of the NRArnthat I admire the Bill of Rights, and whenrnI am President there will not be a lot ofrnbad people owning guns who are notrnNRA members.rnC: Goernor, nearl}- everbodv realizesrnthat public education is failing. Is it possiblernthat the problem is too much federalrnintervention and that the goernmentrnought to cut back its involvement?rnB: I will be the Education President. Irnwill make sure all our teachers are held tornhigh standards and all our students havernequal opportunit’ to the highest qualih’rneducation so that the are prepared to bernpart of the global economv in the NewrnWorld Order—which, b the w”a’, mrnDad invented.rnC: Governor, our readers feel that Americanrnmilitary” iiiter’ention in foreign situationsrnhas been too frequent and aggressivernand that we ought to scale backrntoward a national interest polic}’.rnB: I am a conservative, a bold, compassionaternconseratie. America must alwa’rns be read}’ w hen dcniocrae’ is threatenedrnanvwhere in the world —like thosernpeople that inaded Albania. As PresidentrnKeniied’ said, you must bear an}’rnburden.rnC: Alany people are concerned about thernhigh levels of immigration, as w^ell as apparentlyrnunrestricted illegal immigration,rnwhich may be drasticalh’ changing ourrncountry. Do }’ou think one million immigrantsrna year is too many, not enough,rnor about right?rnB: America is a nation of immigrants.rnWe need immigrants with their talentsrnand skills to take advantage of those entrepreneurialrnopportunities that I said before.rnThat is why I sponsored bilingualrneducation in Texas—to help all those immigrantsrnwe need to have a strong,rnhealthy economv.rnC: Many of our readers are concernedrn46/CHRONICLESrnrnrn