{"author":"Greg Forster","author_id":"Greg+Forster","total_quotes":2,"quotes":[{"text":"Liberals and conservatives tend to view the economy in purely materialistic terms. They make growth, security, and prosperity ends in themselves. They exalt enlightened self-interest. They tell us that productive work is the fundamental source of human dignity.But for Christians, (Greg) Forster insists, the materialistic view is a lie. The modern economic man is prone to workaholism, Envy, greed, anxiety, and a host of other ills. The great task for Christians is to become, broadly speaking, innovative entrepreneurs: people who are not only more productive in their work then there would be leaving neighbors, but also more creative, generous, honest, and humane.","author":"Greg Forster","tags":["church-and-state","culture","evangelism"],"id":114398,"author_id":"Greg+Forster"},{"text":"I think the failure of The American church to affirm the goodness of civilizational life is our greatest failing today.","author":"Greg Forster","tags":["evangelism","faith","optimism"],"id":231321,"author_id":"Greg+Forster"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":2,"pages":1}}