Brant is a Professor in Humanities at Los Angeles Pacific University, teaching courses in Bible, theology, and history. He also serves as the Young Adults Pastor at Westside Church in Bend, Oregon. He holds a BA in Music from Seattle Pacific University, an MDiv from Fuller Seminary, a ThM from Princeton Seminary, and PhDs in Theology from Fuller Seminary and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). As part of his dual-PhD program with Fuller and the VU, he served as an Associated Guest Researcher for the Neo-Calvinism Project at the Theologische Universiteit in Kampen, The Netherlands. Brant's areas of interests include a theology of discipleship, innovation in online learning, historical theology, and theology for ministry. Publications include For a Better Worldliness: Abraham Kuyper, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Discipleship for the Common Good; Faith, Life, and Learning Online: Promoting Mission Across Learning Modalities (edited with John Washatka); Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Neo-Calvinism in Dialogue: Perspectives in Public Theology (edited with George Harinck); and When Christ Calls: A 30-Day Journey with Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Brant lives in Bend, Oregon with his wife, Jackie, and their two children.