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David E. Sorensen
5 talks between 1993 and 2005, mostly as Seventy. 7,960 words in the transcripts.
Talks
5
1993–2005
Words
7,960
in the transcripts
Reading grade
9.8
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
71
14.2 per talk
Callings
Seventy
5 talks
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Talks by year
19932005
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.
- poisonous 8
- temples 23
- rattlesnake 5
- jennifer 5
- rated 5
- walt 8
- movie 6
- ditch 5
- anger 8
- hinckley 9
- forgiveness 9
- officer 6
Scriptures cited most
- 3 Nephi15
- Doctrine and Covenants9
- John6
- Alma5
- Matthew4
- Mosiah4
- 2 Nephi4
- 1 Corinthians3
Callings when speaking
- Seventy 5
As given in the bylines: Of the Presidency of the Seventy · Of the Seventy
Every talk
- Apr 1993PrayerOf the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon Session1,619 w14 refs
- Oct 1998Small Temples—Large BlessingsOf the Presidency of the Seventy · Sunday Morning Session1,529 w15 refs
- Apr 2001You Can’t Pet a RattlesnakeOf the Presidency of the Seventy · Priesthood Session1,593 w31 refs
- Apr 2003Forgiveness Will Change Bitterness to LoveOf the Presidency of the Seventy · Saturday Morning Session1,675 w4 refs
- Apr 2005Faith Is the AnswerOf the Presidency of the Seventy · Sunday Morning Session1,544 w7 refs