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Ronald A. Rasband

9 speeches between 2009 and 2025, mostly as Quorum of the Twelve. 26,686 words in the transcripts.

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Speeches
9
2009–2025
Words
26,686
in the transcripts
Reading grade
10.5
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
26
2.9 per speech
Callings
Quorum of the Twelve
also Seventy
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Speeches by year

20092025

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.

  • jon 39
  • huntsman 27
  • rasband 22
  • proclamation 30
  • president nelson 29
  • religious freedom 19
  • fairness 14
  • temple 77
  • friends 62
  • open house 11
  • prophetic 23
  • draper 8

Scriptures cited most

  • Doctrine and Covenants13
  • Matthew4
  • 2 Timothy1
  • 2 Nephi1
  • John1
  • Malachi1
  • Joseph Smith—History1
  • Alma1

Callings when speaking

  • Quorum of the Twelve 6
  • Seventy 3

As given in the bylines: of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Of the Presidency of the Seventy · Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Every speech

  1. 10 Feb 2009Making Temple Worship a Pattern in Your LifeOf the Presidency of the Seventy · Devotional3,141 w6 refs
  2. 7 Mar 2010Thy Friends Do Stand by TheeOf the Presidency of the Seventy · Devotional4,225 w11 refs
  3. 15 Aug 2013“I the Lord Am with You”Of the Presidency of the Seventy · Commencement2,507 w8 refs
  4. 15 Sep 2015Religious Freedom and Fairness for AllOf the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional3,249 w0 refs
  5. 13 Mar 2018Integrity of Heartof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional3,234 w0 refs
  6. 21 Jan 2020Free to ChooseQuorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional3,453 w0 refs
  7. 19 Sep 2023“For Such a Time as This”of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional597 w1 ref
  8. 26 Aug 2024A Prophetically Directed Universityof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · University Conference2,925 w0 refs
  9. 23 Sep 2025“The Family Is Ordained of God”of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional3,355 w0 refs
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