How do we live out our faith in what's called a post-Christian age?

How do we react to thinkers who are aiming to undermine Christianity such as Friedrich Nietzsche?

And what is the enduring impact of thinkers such as Nietzsche on our culture today?

We'll discuss this and a whole lot more around a new book entitled,

The Great Title Reeds Nietzsche, with our Resortable today. We'll discuss this and a whole lot more around a new book entitled, a great title,

The Devil Reeds Nietzsche, with our resident Nietzsche expert, our colleague in philosophy, Dr. Greg Gansel. I'm your host, Scott Ray. I'm your co-host, Sean McDowell. This is Think Biblically

from Talba School of Theology at Biola University. Greg, welcome. You are indeed our resident

expert on Nietzsche. You've taught

courses in our philosophy program. You're currently working on a book, working on a book on Nietzsche.

So welcome. Great to have you with us for this conversation. Thank you. It's great to be part of it.

So you, first of all, I guess, what has generated your interest? I mean, there are lots of different philosophers

that you could have done deep, deep dives into. What's generated your interest in Nietzsche in particular?

Well, it was actually a particular event. I was, before I came to Talbot, I was working in Connecticut

at a Christian think tank, the Rivendell Institute at Yale,

and I was also an adjunct instructor.

So I was in the philosophy department teaching part-time.

And the course I taught, we were about to teach Nietzsche's book, The Genealogy of Morality.

And to be honest, I had never read it.

So I begin to read Nietzsche on the genealogy

of morality. At the same time, in my devotions, I'm reading the Gospel of John. And I get to this

passage in Nietzsche where he asked the question, what good is the practice we have of making moral judgments?

And he goes on and he asks, is it good for life or is it anti-life?

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