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Bernard Brockbank
2 speeches between 1974 and 1979, mostly as Quorum of the Twelve. 11,096 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
2
1974–1979
Words
11,096
in the transcripts
Reading grade
8.3
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
79
39.5 per speech
Callings
Quorum of the Twelve
1 speeches
Leadership record
—
not a General Authority or officer on record
Speeches by year
19741979
Signature phrases
Words and two-word phrases this speaker uses far more than the rest of the corpus, by weighted log-odds. Stop words, names of deity and the ordinary vocabulary of a sermon are excluded.
- devil 30
- kingdom 50
- whole armor 15
- owe 14
- celestial 24
- earth 48
- commandments 37
- godliness 13
- ungodly 7
- godlike 8
- god’s 28
- divine 24
Scriptures cited most
- Doctrine and Covenants21
- Matthew17
- John13
- Ephesians3
- 1 John3
- Isaiah2
- 1 Nephi2
- Hebrews2
Callings when speaking
- Quorum of the Twelve 1
As given in the bylines: Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Every speech
- 24 Mar 1974Be Worthy of Celestial ExaltationAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional5,007 w40 refs
- 3 Jun 1979The Sacred Way to Eternal Life Is to Love God FirstDevotional6,089 w39 refs