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General Conference speaker · April 2005 to April 2018

Elder Lynn G. Robbins

Of the Presidency of the Seventy

Elder Lynn G. Robbins gave 5 General Conference talks from April 2005 to April 2018. The main topics of these talks are Obedience and Commandments, Discipleship and Becoming and Repentance and Forgiveness. The verse cited most often is 3 Nephi 27:27. Footnotes in 2 later talks by other speakers cite these talks. Weak Things has 5 sketch notes of these talks.

All speakers 5 sketch notes ↓

5talks since 2000

8kwords · about 51 minutes

8.2footnotes per talk (all speakers: 12.3)

130different verses cited

2later talks by others cite these talks

01 · The timeline

Every conference, April 2000 to April 2026

Each dot is a conference where Elder Robbins spoke. Hover for the talk; click to open its sketch note.

Callings listed with these talks: Of the SeventyOf the Presidency of the Seventy

02 · Topic fingerprint

What these talks are about

The main topic of each talk, shown as petals. Longer petals mean more talks. Gold petals are topics this speaker chooses at least 1.5 times as often as the average speaker.

Obedience and Commandments2 talks13.4× average
Discipleship and Becoming2 talks5.0× average
Repentance and Forgiveness1 talk7.5× average

Key phrases from these talks

firstfruits unto Godthe crisis is the testTo be and to doweightier matterWhich way do you facefear of menjudge righteous judgmentthe righteous judge

03 · The measuring stick

How these talks compare with every talk since 2000

The bar is this speaker. The line marks the average across all 1,909 talks.

04 · The scripture shelf

Which scriptures these talks use

Share of all verse citations by volume of scripture, compared with every speaker. Counted once per talk from footnotes and links in the text.

Verses cited most

The number is how many of these talks cite the verse. Verses with their own page link to every conference talk that cites them.

Books cited most

Doctrine and Covenants

John

Matthew

Luke

Alma

Esther

05 · Signature phrases

Words that sound like Elder Robbins

Phrases that appear in these talks far more often than in other speakers' talks. Bigger type means a bigger difference. The number is how many of these talks use the phrase.

uncommonly wise²seem to always²discipline comes²manuscript pages²parents teach²lord often²christlike attributes³ancient israel²kindness and pure²scribes and pharisees²

06 · Who these talks quote

The voices in the footnotes

Leaders named in the footnotes, outside authors named in the text or footnotes, and the conference speakers whose talks are cited. Each counts talks, not mentions.

Church leaders quoted

Boyd K. Packer

Harold B. Lee

Jeffrey R. Holland

Neal A. Maxwell

Joseph Smith

Joseph F. Smith

George Albert Smith

Thomas S. Monson

Conference speakers cited

Thomas S. Monson

D. Todd Christofferson

Outside authors

07 · Who quotes them

How later talks build on these talks

Sketch note of Until Seventy Times Seven

Most-cited talkUntil Seventy Times SevenApril 2018 · cited by 2 later talks

Speakers who cite these talks most

Adrián Ochoa

Matthew L. Carpenter

08 · Kindred voices

Speakers whose talks cover similar ground

Matched by the mix of main and secondary topics. 100 would be an identical mix.

Sister Rebecca L. Craven91 topic match Elder Jorge F. Zeballos89 topic match Elder Kevin W. Pearson88 topic match Elder Claudio D. Zivic88 topic match

The sketch notes

5 talks, one page each

Hand-drawn sketch notes from Weak Things. Each page links to the full talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

Sketch note of Until Seventy Times Seven by Lynn G. Robbins

Until Seventy Times SevenApril 2018

Sketch note of The Righteous Judge by Lynn G. Robbins

The Righteous JudgeOctober 2016

Sketch note of Which Way Do You Face? by Lynn G. Robbins

Which Way Do You Face?October 2014

Sketch note of What Manner of Men and Women Ought Ye to Be? by Lynn G. Robbins

What Manner of Men and Women Ought Ye to Be?April 2011

Sketch note of Tithing—a Commandment Even for the Destitute by Lynn G. Robbins

Tithing—a Commandment Even for the DestituteApril 2005

For teachers and families: each sketch note has a printable PDF. Browse all Conference Sketch Notes →

Every talk

All 5 talks, newest first

Titles open the Weak Things sketch note. "Read" opens the official talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org, the source for every number on this page.

Talk	Conference	Main topic	Words	Footnotes	Cited by	Source
Until Seventy Times Seven	Apr 2018	Repentance and Forgiveness	1381	22	2	Read ↗
The Righteous Judge	Oct 2016	Discipleship and Becoming	1633	11	0	Read ↗
Which Way Do You Face?	Oct 2014	Obedience and Commandments	1787	4	0	Read ↗
What Manner of Men and Women Ought Ye to Be?	Apr 2011	Discipleship and Becoming	1711	3	0	Read ↗
Tithing—a Commandment Even for the Destitute	Apr 2005	Obedience and Commandments	1494	1	0	Read ↗

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.