More and more, for my own understanding of things, I take the “Anna” approach — I refer to “Anna” as in “Mister God this is Anna”. See how Anna broke things down to their simplest parts and ideas.
P.19 of “Mister God this is Anna”:
The local parson talked with Anna, then age 5 or 6:
The Parson said to Anna, “Do you believe in God?”
“Yes”
“Do you know what God is?”
“He’s God!”
“Do you go to church?”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“Because I know it all!”
“What do you know?”
“I know to love Mister God and to love people and cats and dogs and spiders and flowers and trees … with all of me.”
Do we really need more theology or doctrine?