What's Important Now

The republic is not lost. But it will not be saved by those who are comfortable. In the series finale of "250 Years: Did We Keep the Republic?" Tom Sears brings it all home with the hardest question of the series: can America survive another 250 years? And if the answer is yes, what is God requiring of this generation to make it happen? Tom opens with three moments from history that tell the same...

If you want to defeat a people, you don't have to destroy their army. You just have to make them forget who they are . In Part 3 of "250 Years: Did We Keep the Republic?" Tom Sears exposes the systematic effort to erase America's Christian heritage and how remarkably successful it has been. It didn't happen with book burnings or dramatic declarations. It happened in three quiet stages: omission, r...

They didn't just write a Constitution. They built a moral architecture — and we've been dismantling it for 60 years. In Part 2 of "250 Years: Did We Keep the Republic?" Tom Sears walks through the three pillars the Founders built this nation on: the sanctity of the individual conscience, the necessity of virtue in the governed, and the covenant nature of the American experiment. These weren't poli...

250 years ago, 56 men signed their names and changed the world. But did we keep what they built? In Part 1 of this special 4-part series, Tom Sears digs into the faith that founded America, the biblical worldview of the Founders, the Providence they believed guided the Revolution, and the forgotten story of the Black Robe Regiment preachers who made it all possible. As the nation celebrates its 25...

Wars. Economic uncertainty. Political division. Moral confusion. Artificial Intelligence. Revival. The world is shifting fast. In this powerful episode of What’s Important Now, Tom Sears takes a biblical look at current events happening around the world and challenges believers to respond with discernment, not fear. How should Christians view the tension in the Middle East? What should believers d...

What happens when loyalty becomes more important than truth? In this episode of What’s Important Now, Tom Sears tackles a growing issue in our culture, and even within the church, the danger of elevating loyalty to a level that overrides discernment, accountability, and truth. When leaders are only supported if you agree… When disagreement is labeled disloyalty… When silence replaces conviction…So...

Pressure is not your problem. It’s your mirror. In this episode of What’s Important Now, Tom Sears dives into a truth every leader, parent, and believer needs to understand: pressure doesn’t create who you are, it reveals who you are. When life gets hard, when expectations rise, when emotions are tested… what comes out of you was already in you. So what has pressure been revealing lately? This epi...

We are living in the most distracted generation in history. Notifications. Opinions. News cycles. Opportunities. Noise. Everyone wants your attention, but what is it costing you? In this episode of What’s Important Now, Tom Sears challenges listeners to confront one of the greatest threats to purpose and leadership today: distraction. Because whatever consistently holds your attention is shaping y...

Gold and silver prices are rising and fluctuating at a pace that has many people asking an uncomfortable question: Is the dollar still stable? In this episode of What’s Important Now, we take a thoughtful, clear-eyed look at what the movement of precious metals is really signaling about confidence, currency, and the economic foundation we are standing on today. We explore: Why gold and silver hist...

Is the world quietly positioning itself for another global conflict? In this powerful episode of What’s Important Now, Tom Sears takes a clear-eyed look at the growing geopolitical tensions reshaping the international order. From Eastern Europe and the Middle East to Asia, Latin America, the Arctic, and the Caribbean, alliances are hardening, militaries are rearming, and long-frozen conflicts are...

What happens when a nation forgets the foundation on which it was built? In this episode of What’s Important Now, we take a sobering look at America’s spiritual journey, beginning with George Washington’s public dedication of the nation to Almighty God in New York City, and contrasting it with a modern moment that signals how far the foundation has shifted. This is not a political rant. It’s a spi...

As a new year begins, Tom Sears asks a sobering but necessary question: What happens when a nation forgets God? In this episode of What’s Important Now, Tom examines the historical, biblical, and cultural pattern that emerges when nations drift from God. From Scripture to the rise and fall of civilizations, this conversation explores how prosperity often leads to complacency, how moral clarity ero...

America is facing more than political tension,  it’s facing a crisis of values, virtue, and moral clarity. In this powerful episode, A Stand in the Storm, Tom Sears explores the cultural storm sweeping across our nation and calls listeners to rise with courage, conviction, and clarity. Tom breaks down current events, the erosion of shared values, the rise of hostility toward truth, and the growing...

In this powerful installment of the America at a Crossroads series, Tom Sears exposes one of the greatest failures of our modern era, the failure to pass down America’s Christian heritage to the next generation. From the biblical command of Deuteronomy 6 to the early foundations of American education, governance, and culture, this episode reveals how deeply Christianity shaped the identity and dir...

This extended edition of What’s Important Now goes far deeper into one of the most urgent battles facing America today: the fight for the next generation. In this exclusive, in-depth look, Tom Sears reveals the cultural, spiritual, and psychological forces shaping our young people, forces that most families never see coming. From digital addiction and the rewiring of the mind to identity confusion...

In this powerful 30-minute broadcast of What’s Important Now, Tom Sears continues the America at a Crossroads series with one of the most urgent issues facing our nation today: the battle for the next generation. From collapsing faith and skyrocketing identity confusion to digital addiction, mental health crises, and the erosion of truth, America’s youth are facing pressures no generation has ever...

In this episode of What’s Important Now, Tom Sears begins a bold new series exploring one of the most urgent questions of our time: Is America at a crossroads? With faith as his foundation and truth as his compass, Tom takes a deep and honest look at the spiritual, moral, and cultural condition of our nation. From the erosion of biblical values to the rise of confusion, fear, and division, this ep...

Is America Dying? Part 4 — The Collapse of Leadership Rome didn’t fall in a day—it fell when leaders stopped serving and started serving themselves. In this episode of What’s Important Now, Tom Sears looks at the collapse of leadership—one of the clearest warning signs of a nation in decline. From Rome’s corrupt emperors to America’s political gridlock, corporate greed, cultural confusion, and spi...

Episode Summary In Part 3 of the series Is America Dying?, Tom Sears examines the decline of civic virtue—the spirit of responsibility, honesty, sacrifice, and service that once held America together. From the self-sacrifice of the WWII home front to the disillusionment of the 1970s, Tom traces the timeline of how America went from “What can I give?” to “What can I get?” He unpacks Rome’s downfall...

Episode Summary In Part 3 of the series Is America Dying?, Tom Sears tackles another warning sign of national decline: the death of civic virtue. From the Revolution to World War II, Americans built their nation on sacrifice, honesty, service, and responsibility. But today, civic virtue is in retreat. Trust in institutions has collapsed, patriotism is at record lows, civic knowledge is declining,...

*"In this extended edition of What’s Important Now, Tom Sears goes beyond the broadcast to take a deeper look at one of the greatest threats facing America: the collapse of the family. On radio, you heard the warning signs. But here, Tom digs further—examining history’s lessons from Rome, Israel, the Industrial Revolution, and even the family collapse of the 1960s in America. He unpacks modern dat...

*"Is America dying? In this episode of What’s Important Now, Tom Sears examines one of the clearest warning signs of national decline: the collapse of the family. From skyrocketing fatherlessness to the redefinition of marriage, America is experiencing the same decay that once brought down the Roman Empire. When families fall apart, nations soon follow. But is there hope for renewal? Can the Ameri...

*"Is America dying? In this week’s broadcast of What’s Important Now, Tom Sears examines the warning signs of national decline. From lawlessness in the streets to the erosion of Christian values, America is showing the same cracks that once led to the fall of Rome. In this 30-minute episode, Tom confronts the realities of political division, cultural confusion, and moral collapse—and asks the ques...

🎙️ Podcast Description – America Is Dying*"Is America dying? In this powerful extended episode of What’s Important Now, Tom Sears takes you beyond the headlines and into history. The Roman Empire—the greatest superpower of its time—collapsed not because of enemies at the gates, but because of corruption, debt, decadence, and decay from within. In this deep dive, Tom unpacks the five warning signs...

Title: Lawlessness, Lies, and the Need for Revival Description: In this episode of What’s Important Now, host Tom Sears takes a hard look at the issues gripping America today—rising lawlessness, the crisis of truth, and the dangers of unchecked social media. Through a biblical lens, Tom exposes how the rejection of God’s law leads to chaos in our streets and confusion in our culture. But this is n...