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What's Important Now

What's Important Now

By: Tom Sears
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 What's Important Now has been airing since 2003. Hosted by Tom Sears, the program takes a look at current events and applies biblical understanding to them. This program focuses heavily on America's Christian Heritage and the fight to ensure it's survival.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/what-s-important-now--2969759/support.Copyright Tom Sears
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  • Is America Dying Part 4: The Collapse of Leadership

    Is America Dying Part 4: The Collapse of Leadership
    Sep 22 2025
    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 spiritual failures, this program explores how leadership shapes the destiny of nations. When leaders rise to serve, people flourish. When leaders collapse, nations crumble. But there is hope. Tom lays out what servant leadership looks like—at home, in the church, and in the community—and how ordinary people can reclaim responsibility in extraordinary times.

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    30 mins
  • Additional Content--Is America Dying Part 3

    Additional Content--Is America Dying Part 3
    Sep 12 2025
    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 through “bread and circuses” and shows the alarming parallels to our own age of distraction, entitlement, and debt. What You’ll Hear in This Episode
    • How civic virtue shaped early America and why it mattered.
    • Why trust, patriotism, and civic knowledge are at record lows.
    • How entitlement culture links directly to our national debt crisis.
    • Why endless entertainment is America’s modern “circus.”
    • Practical steps for families, churches, and communities to rebuild civic virtue.
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    On the podcast platforms only, Tom goes deeper—exploring entitlement and debt, the dangers of distraction culture, and practical ways to live out responsibility in today’s America.Subscribe & Share
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  • Is America Dying Part 3: The Death of Civic Virtue

    Is America Dying Part 3: The Death of Civic Virtue
    Sep 12 2025
    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, and entitlement is on the rise.What You’ll Hear in This Episode
    • A timeline of civic virtue from the Founding through Vietnam and Watergate to today.
    • Why patriotism and trust have eroded over the past 50 years.
    • The danger of “bread and circuses” in modern America.
    • How distraction, entitlement, and debt threaten freedom.
    • Why civic virtue must be rebuilt in homes, churches, and communities.
    Tom also shares a heartfelt tribute to Charlie Kirk.

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    30 mins
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