The Faith Explained with Cale Clarke - Learning the Catholic Faith

Is God a “moral monster”, as one writer alleges when looking at the violence in the Old Testament? If God commands, “Thou shalt not kill”, then why all the killing in God’s name?

What’s the evidence OUTSIDE the Bible for the Exodus and Conquest of the Holy Land? You’ll just have to “stele” yourself for the results! Biblical minimalists, beware!

In this episode, Cale explains the rise of the “Minimalists” who question the historicity of Old Covenant events like the Exodus and the conquest of the promised land. Do their ideas hold any water? What’s at stake if they’re right?

Cale looks at which elements of modern evolutionary theory are compatible with Scripture and Catholic doctrine, and which are not — which is a separate question from whether or not evolution is the best scientific explanation for human origins.

Cale begins our new mini-series with a look at evolution. Is the Bible out of step with modern science? How should we understand the Creation narrative in Scripture? Learn how science and faith aren’t in conflict but complement one another.

Our series concludes with a look at the First Letter of Peter. Did Peter himself even write this? If so, does Peter really say that he’s “no big deal”, and that he has no more authority than any other apostle or bishop?

St. Paul rebukes St. Peter. In public! Was Peter wrong? Yes. Does this mean the papacy, or papal infallibility, for that matter, isn’t true? Not a chance. Listen in to find out why!

St. Paul visits St. Peter for 15 days soon after his conversion. Why? Not only for Paul to get caught up on what Jesus’ earthly life was like, but to show deference and to submit to Pope Peter’s leadership of the Church.

The Acts of the Apostles, the Bible’s early Church history book, shows how St Peter was the undisputed leader of the early Church, and presided over the “Council of Jerusalem”.

Jesus, Peter, and a net full of 153 fish. What does it mean? Plus: the poignant threefold restoration of Peter as chief shepherd over a charcoal fire. It’s John 21.

Jesus the Good Shepherd wants his Church as one flock, with one shepherd. The visible unity of the Catholic Church is a sign to the world of the truth of the Gospel. Truly, sometimes people “have to see it to believe it”.

Explore Matthew 16 with Cale Clarke as he shows why Jesus picked Caesarea Philippi as the place to rename Simon as Peter (“The Rock”) and give him the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Did you know that Jesus’ teaching on the Papacy is prefigured in the Old Testament? Cale looks at the origins of the symbol of the keys, and how they unlock our understanding of the papal office.

In Part I of this miniseries, Cale looks at the role of Peter himself in the New Testament as leader among the Twelve. 

Cale looks at the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick in Sacred Scripture. Who can receive this sacrament?

Cale looks at the sacrament of Holy Orders in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. 

Cale looks at the sacrament of marriage in both the Old Testament and New Testament. 

In this episode, Cale looks at 4 of the 7 sacraments - Baptism, Confession, the Eucharist, and Confirmation - and where they are in the Bible.

Cale looks at the Old Testament’s description of the queen mother in Israel and how Mary fulfills this role as the mother of Jesus. Who is the woman clothed with the sun in the Book of Revelation?  

Did the Catholic Church invent the doctrine of Mary being assumed body and soul into heaven, especially since it didn’t become doctrinal until 1950? What does the Assumption have to do with the immaculate conception? Cale looks at the biblical roots of this fourth glorious mystery of the rosary.

Cale looks at the Old Testament roots of Pentecost and the parallels between God giving the law to the Israelites on Mt. Sinai and the descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost as described in the Acts of the Apostles. Cale also looks at how the giving of the Spirit reverses the curse from the Tower of Babel in the book of Genesis. 

Cale explains how the notion of Jesus floating away into the heavens is completely backward from the reality. He also looks at objections that Jesus ascended bodily into heaven. What does the ascension mean for your life?

The first glorious mystery. Cale looks at 5 facts that have to be accounted for regarding the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

What did crucifixion look like in the ancient world? Did Jesus die on the cross? Cale looks at multiple historical sources outside of the Bible that mention the death of Jesus on the cross. What does Christ’s death on the cross mean for us? Why did God suffer and die in the person of Jesus Christ?

What was the shape of the cross on which Jesus was crucified? Was it a “T” or “X” shaped cross? What is the “Alexamenos graffito”? Who is Simon of Cyrene and why did he get selected to carry the cross of Jesus?