[ZULU]

You are, I'm sure, a nice person and a decent Christian.

But the reality of the situation with respect to these fanatic Muslims over there right now is extremely unstable and anything can set them off.

Its better to wait for the smoke to clear before you pcik your target.

[quant5]

I would put my saftey and life in Christ's hands anyday! It takes an amazing amount of faith to go to countries in the middle east for missions. My take is that this country needs them more than ever. I wish I had this kind of faith but am working toward it :^)

[tutstar]

Well from our natural survival instincts we tend to wish to stay away from potentially dangerous situations.
But the calling of God doesn't only apply to us when it is safe to follow Him. If one is called one can only trust and obey. Jesus himself went into a dangerous situation and so did his followers in Biblical times and hence. The apostle Paul definitely comes to mind.

Mat 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

2Ti 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

I wonder how many of us who consider ourselves good Christians are suffering persecution in even the most minute form.

[highlander_UW]

But the reality of the situation with respect to these fanatic Muslims over there right now is extremely unstable and anything can set them off. Its better to wait for the smoke to clear before you pick your target.

I can tell that you're a reasonable person by the way you chose your words. There are always going to be fanatics amongst the Muslim, and they're always going to be unstable. Do we chose to withhold the gospel from them because we're afraid to stir them up?