“While God, all by Himself, can accomplish anything without help, one who believes that God wants us to sit around like mushrooms awaiting our “fate” is likely misreading and misapplying Scripture.”
I never made any such claim, as obviously God never suffers any of his creatures to remain on holiday. I merely asserted the fact, which you seem to agree with, that God, not ourselves, is ultimately in charge of all world events. Thus, since all powers are established by God anyway, there is no reason to compromise Christianity for mere political gain. When it comes down to it, it is the great commission which trumps all your Jihads and worldly troubles, and without that firm foundation we have nothing. There is no divine commandment to do any of the things you have listed. We are commanded, simply, to teach all nations, presumably with sound and uncompromised doctrine, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Anything beyond this is mere vanity, hoping to conquer through a cultural Christianity which has no substance or power.
A friend of mines grandfather was a mule skinner (A person that trains mules not actually skins them) in Iowa. On a visit to his home I asked him what the trick was to harness training them. He answered with a bit of a twinkle in his eye; "The first thing you need to do is get the 2X4."
In general Muslims have entirely different view of God and life than we do. As long as they feel that they can continue to use violence to subjugate anyone they consider infidels they will continue to do so.