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Ben B. Banks
4 talks between 1989 and 2002, mostly as Seventy. 6,952 words in the transcripts.
Talks
4
1989–2002
Words
6,952
in the transcripts
Reading grade
9.6
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
20
5.0 per talk
Callings
Seventy
4 talks
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Talks by year
19892002
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.
- sheep 26
- bus 10
- bicycle 5
- lamb 11
- journey 14
- trip 8
- destination 6
- lost 16
- parents 19
- active 8
- saturday 5
- richard 5
Scriptures cited most
- Doctrine and Covenants8
- 2 Nephi2
- John2
- Matthew1
- 1 Corinthians1
- Romans1
- 1 Peter1
- 3 Nephi1
Callings when speaking
- Seventy 4
As given in the bylines: Of the Presidency of the Seventy · Of the Second Quorum of the Seventy · Of the Seventy
Every talk
- Oct 1989The Value of PreparationOf the Second Quorum of the Seventy · Priesthood Session1,794 w7 refs
- Oct 1993Take Time for Your ChildrenOf the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon Session1,735 w8 refs
- Oct 1999“Feed My Sheep”Of the Presidency of the Seventy · Saturday Morning Session1,925 w4 refs
- Apr 2002This Road We Call LifeOf the Presidency of the Seventy · Priesthood Session1,498 w1 ref