Not too long ago, I engaged friendly Skeptic Kyle Gerkin on the subject of Lee Strobel's Case for Faith. At that time the Secular Web also hosted a shorter, much more succinct critique of CAF that I chose not to address. The author of that material, Paul Jacobsen, wrote me a polite letter or so asking if I planned to speak to his response as well. Given my time limitations at that date, and the shortness of his reply, I declined at that time.

Whether this had anything to do with what came about later, I cannot say, but it remains that Jacobsen eventually published a full-length response to CAF which a reader has brought to my attention. As Strobel's self-appointed bulldog, I took it on, and replies (updated to reflect Jacobsen's 2006 edition, though I have left all older material intact, and have not updated with new quotes if I find that Jacobsen's arguments are nothing new not answered in my replies) ae below.

Case for the Real Jesus -- see also our depth study for more that Jacobsen needs to answer (but won't)

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapters 5 and 6, and conclusion
• Jacobsen whines back

Case for Faith

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3 -- because this chapter has to do with evolution, I will skip it as beyond my purview.
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8