Quran Burnings

I have had many thoughts and questions as a result of the planned burnings of the Quran in Florida this Saturday.

The biggest question in my mind is this: What does it mean that Jesus' Kingdom is not of this world, and how then do we who love him also fight the spiritual battle we are in, specifically against the lies of Islam that enslave people we love to an oppressive life and eternal death? (Yes, it's a mouthful of a question when I actually put it into writing!)

Then part of me wonders, what if this guy is right? That possibility scares me, and it's hard to explain why.

This is my only personal conclusion: I know what I believe about Islam. I think it is a powerful, manipulative force of falsehood and evil that is sweeping the entire world. Most significantly, it keeps people from knowing and loving the real Jesus. We are in a war for the glory of God and the souls of men and women, whether we ever realize it and fight or not. I want to fight this war whole-heartedly, just as Jesus did. He gave his life to conquer sin and death and to put Satan and all evil powers to shame. All I know to do is to pray and to proclaim the gospel in word and deed. The times of killing people and burning their property is over. God's Kingdom is not of this world, so we don't use weapons of this world. I feel like this Pastor in Florida is truly zealous but ignorant and misguided. I want to and ought to love and serve my individual Muslim friends, to seek more of them, understand their world view, love them, and be prepared to well-articulate to them the truth that Jesus is our only hope. I want to pray earnestly and ask God if I should be one of the people to go to a highly Muslim populated area to be a light for Jesus.