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Joe J. Christensen
4 speeches between 1972 and 1998, mostly as Seventy. 12,370 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
4
1972–1998
Words
12,370
in the transcripts
Reading grade
9.6
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
14
3.5 per speech
Callings
Seventy
also BYU leadership, Other
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Speeches by year
19721998
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.
- richards 25
- resolve 18
- legrand 9
- truths 23
- resolutions 8
- american religion 7
- ideas 15
- pride 15
- tolstoi 5
- joseph smith 27
- books 14
- read 28
Scriptures cited most
- Doctrine and Covenants3
- Matthew2
- 3 Nephi2
- 2 Nephi2
- Joseph Smith—History1
- Luke1
- Alma1
- John1
Callings when speaking
- Seventy 2
- BYU leadership 1
- Other 1
As given in the bylines: of the Presidency of the Seventy · Associate Commissioner of the Church Educational System · President of the Missionary Training Center
Every speech
- 1 Jul 1972The Responsibility of Our HeritageAssociate Commissioner of the Church Educational System · Devotionalaudio only
- 10 Jun 1980On Making Revelation a Personal RealityPresident of the Missionary Training Center · Devotionalaudio only
- 9 Jan 1994Resolutionsof the Presidency of the Seventy · Devotional6,677 w12 refs
- 20 Oct 1998Powerful Truths That Make a Difference in Our Livesof the Presidency of the Seventy · Devotional5,642 w2 refs