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The Statesman’s Source of Hope

The Statesman’s Source of Hope [su_spacer][su_button url=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Statesmans-Source-of-Hope.pdf” target=”blank” background=”#fefefe” color=”#4C161D” radius=”20″ icon=”icon: copy” icon_color=”#721905″ download=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Statesmans-Source-of-Hope.pdf”]Download a PDF of this essay[/su_button] [su_spacer] Every governing official faces frustration over challenges in achieving goals. This is especially significant for the leader committed to doing good, which we often refer to as a Statesman. Such a leader is generally […]

Reflections on Statesmanship

The Statesman’s High Privilege to Be an Instrument in the Hands of Almighty God [su_spacer][su_button url=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Statesmans-High-Privilege-to-Be-an-I-nstrument-in-the-Hands-of-Almighty-God.pdf” target=”blank” background=”#fefefe” color=”#4C161D” radius=”20″ icon=”icon: copy” icon_color=”#721905″ download=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Statesmans-High-Privilege-to-Be-an-I-nstrument-in-the-Hands-of-Almighty-God.pdf”]Download a PDF of this essay[/su_button] [su_spacer] President Abraham Lincoln made a thought-provoking statement while in office: In the very responsible position in which I happen to be placed, being a humble […]

Reflections on Statesmanship

The Statesman’s Dream – Of the people, by the people, for the people [su_spacer][su_button url=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Statesmans-Dream-Of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people.pdf” target=”blank” background=”#fefefe” color=”#4C161D” radius=”20″ icon=”icon: copy” icon_color=”#721905″ download=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Statesmans-Dream-Of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people.pdf”]Download a PDF of this essay[/su_button] [su_spacer] A century and a half ago, a governing official said, “that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of […]

Reflections on Statesmanship

The Statesman Addresses the Goal of Quality of Life [su_spacer][su_button url=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The-Statesman-Addresses-the-Goal-of-Quality-of-Life.pdf” target=”blank” background=”#fefefe” color=”#4C161D” radius=”20″ icon=”icon: copy” icon_color=”#721905″ download=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The-Statesman-Addresses-the-Goal-of-Quality-of-Life.pdf”]Download a PDF of this essay[/su_button] [su_spacer] Our Creator has defined the quality of life that He has designed for each member of His creation to experience: a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity (1 […]

Reflections on Statesmanship

The Statesman Benefits from the Undeserved Goodness of God [su_spacer][su_button url=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Statesman-Benefits-from-the-Undeserved-Goodness-of-God.pdf” target=”blank” background=”#fefefe” color=”#4C161D” radius=”20″ icon=”icon: copy” icon_color=”#721905″ download=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Statesman-Benefits-from-the-Undeserved-Goodness-of-God.pdf”]Download a PDF of this essay[/su_button] [su_spacer] As we learn to work with God, who is our Supreme Master, the One who rules over our nations, it is essential that we fully understand Him. One essential element […]

Reflections on Statesmanship

The Statesman and Advisors [su_spacer][su_button url=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Statesman-and-Advisors.pdf” target=”blank” background=”#fefefe” color=”#4C161D” radius=”20″ icon=”icon: copy” icon_color=”#721905″ download=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Statesman-and-Advisors.pdf”]Download a PDF of this essay[/su_button] [su_spacer] It is fascinating to consider mankind’s journey in gaining knowledge of God and His intended role in the affairs of His creation. I believe an important element of that truth is revealed to us in […]

Reflections on Statesmanship

Handbook for Governing as a Statesman [su_spacer][su_button url=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Handbook-for-Governing-as-a-Statesman.pdf” target=”blank” background=”#fefefe” color=”#4C161D” radius=”20″ icon=”icon: copy” icon_color=”#721905″ download=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Handbook-for-Governing-as-a-Statesman.pdf”]Download a PDF of this essay[/su_button] [su_spacer] The Statesman struggles to find the most effective solution to each problem faced. Let us look at the issue from a different perspective. The issue becomes clearer when we begin to consider the […]

Reflections on Statesmanship

The Statesman as Caretaker [su_spacer][su_button url=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Statesman-as-Caretaker.pdf” target=”blank” background=”#fefefe” color=”#4C161D” radius=”20″ icon=”icon: copy” icon_color=”#721905″ download=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Statesman-as-Caretaker.pdf”]Download a PDF of this essay[/su_button] [su_spacer] Our Creator and Master teaches us that we live and operate within a temporary world before He comes to visibly reign in the person of Jesus. It begins with God’s clarification of Jesus’ birth 700 […]

Reflections on Statesmanship

The Most Important National Treasure [su_spacer][su_button url=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/The-Most-Important-National-Treasure.pdf” target=”blank” background=”#fefefe” color=”#4C161D” radius=”20″ icon=”icon: copy” icon_color=”#721905″ download=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/The-Most-Important-National-Treasure.pdf”]Download a PDF of this essay[/su_button][su_spacer] (NOTE: This statement was delivered to a group of diplomats at the United Nations, New York 19 June 1986.) Every nation has its treasures – those things that it values from a cultural or material […]

Lectures at the UN, Reflections on Statesmanship

The Covenant That Can Undergird the Statesman [su_spacer][su_button url=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/The-Covenant-That-Can-Undergird-the-Statesman.pdf” target=”blank” background=”#fefefe” color=”#4C161D” radius=”20″ icon=”icon: copy” icon_color=”#721905″ download=”https://centreforstatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/The-Covenant-That-Can-Undergird-the-Statesman.pdf”]Download a PDF of this essay[/su_button] [su_spacer] The God Who created us is a covenant-keeping God. Covenant, first of all, describes the unchangeable partnership between an omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent Creator and finite man. The covenant nature of our God […]

Reflections on Statesmanship

CENTRE FOR STATECRAFT

The Statesman’s Source of Hope

The Statesman’s High Privilege to Be an

The Statesman’s Dream – Of the people,

The Statesman Addresses the Goal of Qua...

The Statesman Benefits from the Undeser...

The Statesman and Advisors

Handbook for Governing as a Statesman

The Statesman as Caretaker

The Most Important National Treasure

The Covenant That Can Undergird the Sta...