Bryan Gentry

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Bryan Gentry

@brygentry

Civil discourse, education, faith + constructive disagreement. Writer + editor. Family man. Pun lover. University comms director.

Columbia, South Carolina Katılım Aralık 2008

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Bryan Gentry@brygentry·11h

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Bryan Gentry@brygentry·11h

@NathanielGivens Of course the text doesn't preclude the "just in time" narrative either. I think the main message is the same regardless, just one is better for a movie. ... And there's nothing wrong with that!

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Nathaniel@NathanielGivens·20h

@brygentry Being picky is fine! I'm happy to have folks point out unwarranted assumptions. I'll have to go re-read, but I think you're right that the "just in time" narrative might be a modern dramatization. And your conclusion is perfect: God was already preparing the answer.

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Nathaniel@NathanielGivens·1d

I don’t know if Nephi’s all-day prayer for Jesus to come into the world the next day had an impact on the timeline. (Mary might have had an opinion on this!) But I do know it’s a good example for what we should do. 📖✨

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Joshua Tait@Joshua_A_Tait·1d

Pretty restrained as these things go.

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Bryan Gentry@brygentry·1d

@suzania Also, it's not true that the president dictates American policy. Dictating is a dictator's job.

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Susannah Black Roberts@suzania·1d

Not very integralist

TheBlaze@theblaze

Vance: "The president has to look out for the interests of the United States of America. In some cases it would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of what's going on in the Catholic Church and let the president stick to dictating American public policy."

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Bryan Gentry@brygentry·1d

@sianbeilock sets a standard of what it will take to restore more confidence in higher education.

Heterodox Academy@HdxAcademy

Upholding free expression on campus isn't easy, but it's crucial for a quality education. @Dartmouth's President @sianbeilock takes this goal, and threats to it, seriously:

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Bryan Gentry@brygentry·1d

@NathanielGivens I imagine things were set in motion already.... Caesar ordered a census. Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem. A star was soaring through space. By the time Nephi prayed, God was already working on answering. This invites a lot of trust and confidence!

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Bryan Gentry@brygentry·1d

@NathanielGivens Being picky here, but did he pray for Jesus to be born the next day? The idea that the sign appeared just in time to stop mass execution seems to be modern dramatization. Text says he prayed when he saw that the plan was made. (Not that this challenges your main point.)

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Bryan Gentry@brygentry·3d

@NathanielGivens But that’s just my interpretation…. Thanks for promting this.

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Bryan Gentry@brygentry·3d

@NathanielGivens I think your example challenges us to be aware of how we interpret scripture & new revelation. We need to learn to recognize the difference between believing and over-interpreting, between obeying and getting over-zealous about our interpretation. (5)

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Nathaniel@NathanielGivens·3d

The fact that the doubters thought the time for Samuel’s prophecies to be fulfilled had come and gone and “the people who believed” were anxious “lest by any means those things…might not come to pass” (3 Ne 1:7) says the doubters had a strong case.

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Bryan Gentry@brygentry·4d

@NathanielGivens I got JS with your dad as second closest. Not surprising that I'd align the most with the two I've read the most.

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Nathaniel@NathanielGivens·4d

Someone created an LDS theology quiz that pairs you with the most similar LDS theologian based on your responses. I had to write my dad an apology email when I got 78% for Blake Ostler and only 75% for my own father. lds-theology-quiz.vercel.app

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Bryan Gentry@brygentry·5d

In related news, I'm starting to think he learned his leadership style from this scene. Everything from "I've hired you to help me start a war here" to his abrasive threat to send Fezzik back to being "unemployed in Greenland." youtube.com/watch?v=Px3zhY…

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Bryan Gentry@brygentry·5d

This is not the way. Regardless of what you think of his policies, I hope you can see why this communication is un-American, uncivil, unpresidential and ineffective. Most of us would get fired (or at least written up with HR) if we said this about coworkers.

Sonny Bunch@SonnyBunch

i feel bad for our country but this is tremendous content etc etc

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Josh Kraushaar@JoshKraushaar·5d

Sasse: "At a policy level, I’m very conservative. At a dispositional and tonal level, I’m a moderate because I believe that American civics and the glories of being able to inherit a constitutional doctrine of anti-majoritarianism and restraints and a belief in pluralism — that stuff is so glorious"

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Bryan Gentry@brygentry·6d

@DannyBarre79813 @UofSC And institutions funded by taxpayer dollars are not allowed to violate the First Amendment.

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Bryan Gentry@brygentry·8 Nis

The university has hosted people across the political spectrum, believers of various faiths, and scholars in conversation who openly disagree with each other. Student orgs bring in a wide variety, too. We don't police their 1st Amendment-protected content. Free speech matters.

FIRE@TheFIREorg

Well said, @UofSC. As the university’s chancellor put it: “A hallmark of a college education is exposure to opinions and ideas that may be far from your own.” If speech is protected by the First Amendment, it’s allowed on a public campus. Full stop.

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@StallionCornell @DrWumbology @OaksDallinH I see lots of specific direction and boundaries in both these leaders' talks. What specificity are you both looking for?

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Jim Bennett@StallionCornell·7 Nis

@DrWumbology @OaksDallinH I think President Oaks was more specific here than President Nelson was in his peacemaker remarks, but I do think additional specificity would be helpful.

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Jim Bennett@StallionCornell·7 Nis

“I fully support President Oaks’s counsel. With that being said, here’s why I will completely ignore President Oaks’s counsel.”

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