What's Important Now

We are living in uncertain times. How should a Christian respond? In this special episode, Tom Sears speaks plainly to believers who feel the unrest. Debt, fragile supply chains, wars overseas, and a culture that has cut itself loose from its foundation have many people asking the same question: what is coming, and what do I do about it? Tom’s answer is simple. Be ready, and do not be afraid. You...

What if the story you were taught about America’s founding is only half true? Today, the record gets a fair hearing. In Episode 4 of The Battle Is On series, Tom Sears asks one of the biggest questions in the culture war: was America built on faith, or is that just a story Christians tell? One side says we were a Christian nation, period. The other says the founders were skeptics and the country w...

You do not have to go to church to have skin in this game. This episode is for the person who loves America but is not sure the faith argument applies to them. The person who can feel that something is wrong but has not yet connected the dots. The person who is skeptical of religious arguments but cares deeply about freedom, about their children's future, and about the kind of country America is b...

America is not having a political argument right now. It is having a foundational one. And those do not resolve the same way. For as long as most people can remember, the assumption has been that the battles playing out in American culture are just the normal back-and-forth of a diverse democracy. Left and right. Liberal and conservative. The pendulum swings, and eventually it swings back. That as...

The invisible war is the most dangerous kind. Here is why. On Monday, we introduced the idea that America is in a war that was never declared. Today we go deeper. How does a culture actually get transformed without most people noticing? How do ideas move through institutions and reshape what an entire generation believes? And what does Scripture say about a people who do not know the time they are...

America is in a war. Not a war fought on any foreign battlefield. A war being fought right here, in classrooms, courtrooms, universities, and newsrooms, over the soul of this nation. And unlike every other war America has faced, this one was never declared. No shot heard round the world. No mobilization. Just the slow, quiet, patient work of cultural transformation that most Americans never saw co...

America is in a war. And most of the people on our side don't know it. Not a war fought on a battlefield. Not a war with weapons you can see. This is a war over the soul of America, over her identity, her history, and the foundation she was built on. And unlike every other war this nation has faced, this one was never declared. No shot heard round the world. No mobilization. Just the slow, quiet,...

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...