A thorn in the flesh is nothing compared to a thorn in the conscience.
Either you will be under the blood or you will place the blood under you.
God never got around to creating a substitute for experience.
And the Bible is not primarily a book of history. It is "His story," the story of God.
I know personally the transforming power of the Word of God-it's changed my life.
Faith comes out of the heart not the head.