We live in a fallen world, and as long as you are in a fallen world, Romans 13 gives to properly ordained government the right to wield the sword. In an age of terrorism, it's a very different thing. It's like we're on the backs of violence that you can't predict so the amount of vigilance and even preemptive part of military becomes vital if you are going to protect innocent people. The rationale for the just war comes out of a doctrine of love. When Aquinas formulated what's the most modern understanding of just war he put it under the heading of love.

Crosswalk.com: A news item I read recently said Franklin Graham is being criticized for going into Iraq, that his relief efforts are thinly disguised attempts at evangelism. You address Christian-Muslim relations in your book. How would you respond to that critique of Mr. Graham? 

Chuck Colson:  Franklin Graham has been working in Islamic nations for years and years with never a complaint. No one has even objected to taking in supplies, no one has ever objected to the fact that he is an upfront Christian - so what we have now is another media invention.  He made some honest and candid remarks about Islam and the thought police and the politically correct forces descend on him. It's a shame, because the politically correct movement denies the right of free speech and they are not even apologetic about it.

Crosswalk.com: When the average Christian reads things like this, I am sure it nudges them into retreat mode: "Why should I bother trying? It is easier to pull back from the world and hang out with church friends, because when you reach out, you are under so much attack." Your book addresses this very issue. Why shouldn't Christians retreat into enclaves?

Chuck Colson: The answer is because we believe the Bible is God's spoken inerrant word and therefore, when God speaks, we better obey. He tells us to take dominion. He tells us to be salt and to be light. Out of Biblical obedience, we don't go seal ourselves in our hermetically sealed churches with plastic sheeting. We get out of the pews and get equipped and go out into the culture and make a difference for Christ. It doesn't matter whether the world is sinking or the world is rising. We do our job because we are told to by the God who created us.