The devil's offer to give Jesus dominion over the nations for a bit of obeisance was the temptation to conquer the world. The lure of empire is the temptation to bow down to the devil.

Sermon for the first Sunday in Lent: "The Grand Inquisitor"

Between now and the Parousia an authentic Christianity will be a subversive counterculture Christianity; not one dominating culture, but one from the margins pointing to something other.