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Kevin Thompson — video index

An independent study aid to the Beyond the Fundamentals channel. Each entry links to the original video and gives a short summary of what the casebook takes its argument to be. The summaries are the casebook's own characterization; watch the video for the argument in full.

The channel's catalogue is larger than this list. These are the videos the casebook draws on, grouped by text.

Not affiliated. This is an independent summary for readers of the casebook. Links go to YouTube; the videos remain the property of their creator.


Method and overview

Video What it covers
How to Deal with Calvinists: A 3-Pronged Approach The method the casebook borrows: scriptural authority as the terrain, the "condition of the object" (what is actually being claimed), and Proverbs 26 tactics. Argues that most disputes reduce to a difference in authority or interpretive method.
The Inductive Method and John 6:44 A demonstration of observation → interpretation → application on John 6:44, showing how a system can be imported before the text is observed.
Preparation: John 6:44 v. Calvinism A long-form setup for the John 6 discussion: the Calvinist use of the verse, the context of the chapter, and the questions to ask before interpreting it.

John 6:44

Video What it covers
John 6:44 From a Non-Calvinist Perspective The concise version of his central argument: the operative clause is "no one can come" (ability), not "no one comes" (inevitable arrival); "draw" is an informative word, not a decisive one; John 12:32 creates the consistency problem.
Why John 6:44 Does Not Support Calvinism A classroom-style walkthrough using observation questions: who is drawing (the Father, not the Spirit), what "the last day" refers to, and how John 12:32 uses the same verb for "all men."
Debate Initial Review — White / Flowers — John 6:44 His review of the White–Flowers debate on John 6:44, focusing on which arguments were answered and which were assumed.

John 6:37

Video What it covers
John 6:37 — Top 10 Things Calvinists Overlook Ten observations on the verse: the negative-inference fallacy ("all the given come" does not mean "no one else comes"), Judas as one who was "given" and lost (John 17:12), the pre-Pentecost setting, and John 20:31's purpose statement.
Response to James White on John 6:37 A point-by-point response to a Reformed treatment of the verse, with the same arguments developed at length.
John 6:37 Versus Calvinism (Slower Version) A slower presentation of the same material for readers new to the debate.

Acts 13:48

Video What it covers
Acts 13:48 De-Calvinized The case that "ordained" carries a system into the text: tassō can mean "arrange, appoint, dispose"; the verse names no agent and no time; Acts 13:46 supplies a parallel of self-judgment ("judge yourselves unworthy").
Acts 13:48 De-Calvinized: Follow-up Further response to objections, including the middle-voice question and the appeal to Greek lexicons.

Romans 9

Video What it covers
Romans 9 De-Calvinized The national-Israel reading: Jacob and Esau as the nations descended from them, Malachi 1:2-3 as the later context, Exodus 33:19 as covenant mercy, and Jeremiah 18 as the potter background.
Romans 9 and Calvinist Deception A sharper version of the same case, arguing that the chapter's subject is Israel's hardening and the inclusion of the Gentiles, not a pre-creation list.
Romans 9 and Calvinist Mental Framing How prior framing shapes what a reader sees in the chapter, with the "duck/rabbit" illustration.
Romans 9 Discussion with George Antonios A dialogue on the chapter's interpretation and the textual and historical questions it raises.
Romans 9–11 Discussion with Wayne O'Donnell A wider discussion of Romans 9–11, including Israel's restoration and the olive tree.

The "8 A's of Salvation" series

A framework for classifying disagreements about salvation before arguing about them. The eight are Appropriation, Application, Accession, Accessories, Assembly, Afterlife, Amount of Revelation, and Action.

Video What it covers
Part 1: Appropriation How salvation is received in different epochs, and why dispensational versus covenantal frameworks change the questions asked.
Part 2: Application How the benefits of salvation are applied to the believer.
Part 3: Accession How a person is added to the people of God.
Part 4: Accessories The accompanying gifts and circumstances of salvation.
Part 5: Assembly The gathered people of God and the corporate dimension.

The series continues beyond part 5 on the channel.


The arguments at a glance

These summaries are compressed; the videos are the primary source.

Method. The casebook's most durable debt to Thompson is procedural: observe before systematizing, locate the precise claim, and ask what the text would have to say for the Calvinist reading to be true.

John 6:44. The main clause asserts ability ("no one can come"), the drawing is defined in v.45 as teaching, and the same verb in 12:32 draws "all people." Whatever helkō means, the sentence does not say that everyone drawn comes.

John 6:37. The verse promises that the given will come and that the comer will not be cast out; it does not state that no one else comes, and Judas is a "given" one who was lost.

Acts 13:48. The text names no agent and no time; the immediate context supplies a self-judgment parallel; the lexicon permits "dispose." The verse cannot carry an eternal decree of individual election.

Romans 9. The chapter is about national Israel, covenant mercy, judicial hardening, and the inclusion of the Gentiles; Romans 11 keeps the hardened within reach of restoration.

The 8 A's. A taxonomy, not a doctrine: it helps two people discover whether they are actually disagreeing or talking past each other.


Where the casebook qualifies him

  1. The "given = the Twelve" reading (John 6:37) is one viable option, not the only one. The casebook does not rest on it.
  2. The dispensational frame in his Romans 9 material is his own; the national-Israel reading does not require it.
  3. The historical claims about Augustine and Rome are argued more carefully in the casebook's history section, with the scholarly qualifications.
  4. The rhetorical register in some videos is sharper than this project's. The casebook borrows the arguments, not the tone.

See also