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Neal A. Maxwell

32 speeches between 1970 and 2004, mostly as Quorum of the Twelve. 113,228 words in the transcripts.

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Speeches
32
1970–2004
Words
113,228
in the transcripts
Reading grade
11.4
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
795
24.8 per speech
Callings
Quorum of the Twelve
also Seventy, BYU leadership
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Speeches by year

19702004

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.

  • meekness 134
  • discipleship 101
  • mosiah 106
  • patience 92
  • instance 62
  • believer 29
  • wonder 74
  • churchill 21
  • planet 28
  • moments 63
  • foreordination 17
  • furthermore 28

Scriptures cited most

  • Doctrine and Covenants129
  • Mosiah77
  • Alma71
  • 2 Nephi56
  • Matthew45
  • Moses44
  • John37
  • Luke30

Callings when speaking

  • Quorum of the Twelve 22
  • Seventy 7
  • BYU leadership 3

As given in the bylines: of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · of the Seventy · Commissioner of Church Education · Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Every speech

  1. 23 Feb 1970Spiritual EcologyCommissioner of Church Education · Devotionalaudio only
  2. 23 Oct 1971Mormon MilieuCommissioner of Church Education · Devotionalaudio only
  3. 15 Jan 1974Family PerspectivesCommissioner of Church Education · Devotional2,856 w0 refs
  4. 1 Sep 1974But for a Small MomentAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional6,030 w5 refs
  5. 1 Oct 1975Why a University in the Kingdom?Assistant to the Twelve · Devotional2,070 w0 refs
  6. 4 Jan 1976Taking up the CrossAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional4,897 w14 refs
  7. 26 Oct 1976Insights from My Lifeof the Presidency of the Seventy · Devotional4,936 w3 refs
  8. 8 Nov 1977All Hell Is Movedof the Seventy · Devotional4,780 w13 refs
  9. 10 Oct 1978Meeting the Challenges of Todayof the Seventy · Devotional5,456 w32 refs
  10. 27 Nov 1979Patienceof the Seventy · Devotional3,737 w21 refs
  11. 21 Apr 1980In This Time of Complexity and Challengeof the Seventy · Commencement313 w0 refs
  12. 7 Oct 1980True Believers in Christof the Presidency of the Seventy · Devotional4,719 w40 refs
  13. 15 Sep 1981Grounded, Rooted, Established, and Settledof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional4,196 w17 refs
  14. 5 Sep 1982Meekly Drenched in Destinyof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional4,311 w30 refs
  15. 18 Feb 1983“Try the Virtue of the Word of God”of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
  16. 4 Dec 1984If Thou Endure Wellof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
  17. 30 Mar 1986Joseph Smith: “A Choice Seer”of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional6,598 w65 refs
  18. 11 Oct 1986Great Answers to the Great Questionof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
  19. 21 Oct 1986“Meek and Lowly”of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional5,458 w80 refs
  20. 26 Mar 1989“A Wonderful Flood of Light”of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
  21. 4 Feb 1990The Children of Christof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional6,339 w143 refs
  22. 31 Mar 1991“In Him All Things Hold Together”of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional5,127 w74 refs
  23. 18 Aug 1992The Inexhaustible Gospelof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional4,898 w81 refs
  24. 4 Jul 1993Our Need for True Patriotismof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
  25. 25 Aug 1993Wisdom and Orderof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · University Conference2,709 w18 refs
  26. 26 Aug 1993Out of the Best Facultyof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · University Conference3,196 w6 refs
  27. 27 Jan 1994The Disciple-Scholarof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional5,074 w0 refs
  28. 27 Mar 1994“Called to Serve”of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional6,044 w33 refs
  29. 23 Jan 1996“Brim with Joy” (Alma 26:11)of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional5,439 w23 refs
  30. 4 Jan 1998The Pathway of Discipleshipof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional5,724 w39 refs
  31. 12 Jan 1999Sharing Insights from My Lifeof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional5,677 w22 refs
  32. 16 Mar 2004“Free to Choose”of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional2,566 w36 refs
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