The more I look at evangelical support for Israel today, the more I’m convinced it’s no longer driven mainly by doctrine… A lot of evangelicals I spend time with talk about feeling unmoored in American life. Institutions they once trusted don’t feel as reliable. Moral assumptions they took for granted now feel contested every time they turn on the news. In that kind of atmosphere, people reach for something that seems steady. For many evangelicals, Israel has taken on that role. It’s not just another nation-state; it’s proof—tangible, visible—that the biblical story they’ve staked their lives on still has real-world...