A hearty Amen to that. I believe that if one really want to study the way God and man interact, then one should study the Old Testament. The Israelites thought God would fight for them all the while they were living the way they wanted to live. The Philistines thought God was nothing more than like one of their gods. Both were wrong. It's almost like the story of Joshua and the angel. When asked who side do you fight on, the angel said neither; he fights for God. God is God, and we should realize our place.
One of my favorites... I love that passage.
Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, "Are you for us or for our enemies?" "Neither," he replied, "but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come." Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, "What message does my Lord have for his servant?" (Joshua 5:13-14)