Ellis Potter

“A time, times and half a time In Revelation 12:14 we read that the Church flees to the desert, where she is taken care of for a time, times and half a time. This adds up to three and a half, which is half of seven. Seven means perfect or complete in Biblical symbolism. John wrote Revelation not long after the crucifixion of Jesus. Can this mean that half of human history happened before Jesus and half will happen after? Did Jesus come to die for everyone right in the middle of human history? Jesus is the center of everything.”
― Ellis Potter, Pastor Potter's Points

“That may seem odd, but the ancient Hebrews thought differently from the people of the European Enlightenment and most people today. We tend to think of reality in terms of flat pie charts where the whole can be divided up into separate parts that add up to 100%. We may divide this reality into unity and diversity, or we may divide it in terms of other ‘difficult’ opposites such as objectivity and subjectivity, or predestination and free will. But a flat pie chart will never give us a stable solution to these kinds of opposites. For example, in the case of predestination and free will, does God choose me or do I choose God? I could divide up the pie chart 50%–50%, but it doesn’t seem like I should be equal to God, and so maybe I should make it 51% God and 49% me? Then again, maybe it should be 99% God and 1% me, or maybe 100% God and 0% me, or maybe 100% me and God is on a deistic holiday? None of this, of course, is satisfactory. The pie chart won’t work. The third circle regards God as 100% sovereign and people as 100% responsible. God’s sovereignty and the free will of people are both fully real. In this mysterious complementarity, Calvin and Arminius kiss each other.”
― Ellis Potter, 3 Theories of Everything