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Merrill J. Bateman
5 talks between 1992 and 2005, mostly as Seventy. 7,090 words in the transcripts.
Talks
5
1992–2005
Words
7,090
in the transcripts
Reading grade
9.5
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
68
13.6 per talk
Callings
Seventy
5 talks
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Talks by year
19922005
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.
- michael 11
- keys 18
- abinadi 5
- savior’s 12
- rod 7
- tree 12
- alma 15
- searching 7
- earlier 7
- year old 8
- atonement 12
- restitution 5
Scriptures cited most
- Doctrine and Covenants10
- John8
- Alma7
- 1 Nephi6
- Matthew5
- Isaiah4
- Genesis3
- Mosiah3
Callings when speaking
- Seventy 5
As given in the bylines: Presiding Bishop · Of the Presidency of the Seventy · Of the Seventy
Every talk
- Oct 1992Coming unto Christ by Searching the ScripturesOf the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon Session1,526 w12 refs
- Apr 1994Stretching the Cords of the TentGeneral Authority Seventy · Sunday Morning Session886 w2 refs
- Apr 1995The Power to Heal from WithinGeneral Authority Seventy · Saturday Morning Session1,538 w11 refs
- Oct 2003Priesthood, Keys, and the Power to BlessOf the Presidency of the Seventy · Priesthood Session1,574 w8 refs
- Oct 2005A Pattern for AllOf the Presidency of the Seventy · Sunday Morning Session1,566 w35 refs