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Sketch notes · April 1971 to April 1985
Elder Bruce R. McConkie
Weak Things has 30 sketch notes of General Conference talks by Elder Bruce R. McConkie, April 1971 to April 1985. Since 2000, footnotes in 41 talks by later speakers cite Bruce R. McConkie.
Still quoted
Later speakers who cite Elder McConkie
Since April 2000, footnotes in 41 talks name Bruce R. McConkie.
The sketch notes
30 talks, one page each
Hand-drawn sketch notes from Weak Things. Each page links to the full talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
The Purifying Power of GethsemaneApril 1985
The Caravan Moves OnOctober 1984
Patterns of PrayerApril 1984
What Think Ye of the Book of Mormon?October 1983
The Keys of the KingdomApril 1983
The Seven ChristsOctober 1982
The Doctrine of the PriesthoodApril 1982
“Who Hath Believed Our Report?”October 1981
“Upon This Rock”April 1981
The Lord God of the RestorationOctober 1980
The Coming Tests and Trials and GloryApril 1980
The Mystery of MormonismOctober 1979
Stand Independent above All Other CreaturesApril 1979
“Thou Shalt Receive Revelation”October 1978
“The Morning Breaks; the Shadows Flee”April 1978
The Ten Blessings of the PriesthoodOctober 1977
Come, Know the Lord JesusApril 1977
Come: Let Israel Build ZionApril 1977
The Dead Who Die in the LordOctober 1976
Joseph Smith—The Mighty Prophet of the RestorationApril 1976
Once or Twice in a Thousand YearsOctober 1975
Obedience, Consecration, and SacrificeApril 1975
Be Valiant in the Fight of FaithOctober 1974
God Foreordains His Prophets and His PeopleApril 1974
“Think on These Things”October 1973
Upon Judea’s PlainsApril 1973
“I Know That My Redeemer Lives”October 1972
The Testimony of JesusApril 1972
How to WorshipOctober 1971
The Lord’s People Receive RevelationApril 1971
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Sources and method
Where these numbers come from
- Talk text, footnotes and callings come from the official General Conference pages on ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Every talk above links to its source.
- Coverage is April 2000 through April 2026: 1,909 talks by 370 speakers. Sustainings, audit and statistical reports, and videos are left out. October 2026 joins once its text is posted.
- Verse counts use scripture links in footnotes and talk text, counted once per talk. "Cited by" counts later talks whose footnotes link to one of these talks.
- Main topics are estimates assigned by a language model from each talk's opening and closing. Signature phrases compare how many of these talks use a phrase with how many other talks do.
- Leaders quoted are found by name in footnotes. Outside authors are found by name in the text and footnotes. Sketch notes are Weak Things study aids, not official Church materials.