Ian Stackhouse, pastor and author, first went to Israel in 1983. A newish convert, he had also bought into the pro-Israeli and Christian Zionist stance of the time, popular amongst most evangelicals. Now, forty years later, he traces the story of how that love for Israel remains, but the commitment to Christian Zionism has vanished: driven out by experience, a greater knowledge of the Bible and of the politics involved, and more deeper thought.