Gideon

Today, my Sunday School class discussed the story of Gideon found in Judges. What do we make of bloodshed depicted in God's name, in the Old Testament? Some of my class thought that there was no relationship with these Old Testament stories and the New Testament. Personally, I believe this book was written by fallible people who thought they saw God in action in these terrible events. I'd like to hear God's side of the story. I think it would be far different.