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Brent Thomas Bramer

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husband to @jennabramer
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The truest thing about you is what God says about you.

Culture will tell you who you should be. Your successes and failures can start to tell you who you are. But in Christ, you receive an identity rooted in something greater: you are loved, forgiven, rescued, redeemed, and adopted into God’s family.

Baptism is a response to that grace. It’s confessing, “I was going the wrong way, and I’m turning my heart toward Jesus. I trust him with all of me.”

The act itself doesn’t save us. Jesus does. Baptism pictures the new life he gives us—buried with Christ and raised to life. The old is gone. The new has come.

We receive forgiveness. We receive identity. We belong to him.

We become what we’re immersed in. What would change if we let what God says about us shape who we’re becoming?

#Baptism #christianity #identity #jesus #slocitychurch taken in SLO City Church by @brentbramer

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7 days ago

Homecoming 2026. A few days late — but grateful to capture a few moments as our kids keep growing up

and no — @colebramer is not yet taller than me…
it’s the shoes

#bramersgoslo by @brentbramer

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8 days ago

Being honest about what hurts can feel risky, especially when opening up before has left you feeling judged, ashamed, or less than.

Jesus knows the parts of your story you struggle to talk about, or even accept. He meets you there with grace and an invitation to be made well. The wound you keep avoiding. The habit you’ve kept hidden. The hurt you’ve learned to live with and shoulder; You can bring it to him.

You don’t have to have the right words. Start with an honest prayer: “Jesus, this is where I’m hurting. Help me take the next step.” You can trust Jesus with you brokenness.

#broken #rescue #jesus #christianity #hope taken in SLO City Church by @brentbramer

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15 days ago

What’s growing in you? What’s changing in you? Does it look like Jesus?

In John 17:17, Jesus prays, “Sanctify them by your truth. Your word is truth.” Sanctification is the lifelong process of becoming more like Jesus as we respond to God’s grace and participate in what he’s doing in us.

And that growth happens in real life. In difficult relationships. In seasons of uncertainty. When we’re trying to forgive, break unhealthy habits, or find hope when life feels overwhelming. It’s take stepping into the life that God has called us to - and it takes the courages to step out of the things that work against the Kingdom of God.

Following Jesus means allowing his truth to shape our next step. So today- Ask for help. Choose forgiveness. Step out of the things that keep you stuck. Learn to trust Jesus.

If you’re walking through a hard season, you don’t have to walk alone. We are a community that will pray with you, encourage you, and moving toward Jesus with you.

Growth takes time. Keep responding to God’s grace. Keep showing up for one another. God is at work in you, even right here today.

#growth #godswill #christianity #jesus #slocitychurch taken in SLO City Church by @brentbramer

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19 days ago

the places you’ll go
the glory of God you’ll know
look up and see
experience awe and Majesty

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof —
Psalm 24:1

#bramersgoslo by @brentbramer

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22 days ago

Jesus is the Good Shepherd that leads the way to human flourishing — and the way home to the Father.

#jesus #faith #flourish #church #sanluisobispo taken in San Luis Obispo, California by @brentbramer

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a month ago

72 hours of family — complete with monumental moments, loud noises, laughter, good food, hard work, uncle wrestling, tears of gratitude, comeback stories, nostalgia and joy — and a lot of pelicans.

#bramersgoslo taken in San Luis Obispo, California by @brentbramer

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Keep watch for your faith — by holding apathy at bay. Keep nourished in truth and grace and servant-heartedness — by pursuing justice and mercy — by walking humbly with Christ.

#faith #jesus #slocitychurch #church #discipleship taken in SLO City Church by @brentbramer

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a month ago

The church is local — the church is global — the church is deep and wide — the church is for the poor and the rich — the tired and the busy — the broken — the indifferent — for everyone between.

last week Jenna and I got to travel visit a group of people that started a new church in Taurunga, New Zealand. @slocitychurch is a partner with @localchurchnz — providing prayerful, relational, financial and oversight support. New Zealand is a beautiful place (and quite freezing in September) full of beautiful people — with a rich history and deep understanding our their lineage — who have a passion for art, culture, food — and a passion to see God do something special.

The recent census shows NZ is made up of a “no religious belief” majority — w just 29% claiming Christianity. This new local church is reaching their friends and neighbors. I sat w/ a young guy in his mid twenties who said, “there’s a waking up happening in NZ — my generation — we’re tired and want more — but don’t know what that looks like — we’ve never seen revival here.”

Sometimes when you live in the states — consumed with the tyranny of the urgent and the distraction of the day — in a Christianity that often clings to comfort and consumerism and political arguments and personal brands — you miss what matters most.

I’m grateful for my Kiwi friends — who sat with us for coffee and asked us questions of faith and life — who weren’t antsy to move along but lingered deeper into conversation — who worshipped with honesty and passion — no haze or hype — who knew their neighbors and walked us through art galleries — who wondered at the rain and laughed with deep joy at the meat pies I enjoyed — who were hospitable even amidst grief.

The church is local — it’s global — the way of Jesus is good and true and changing lives — slowing us down and helping people find real tangible hope. Here. There. Everywhere.

Grateful for the Marychurch’s — for their friendship and how they faithfully lead Local Church NZ.
Grateful for SLO City Church — who consistently discards comfort for calling — and helped plant Local NZ through radical generosity.
Grateful for what Jesus continues to build.

#churchplanting by @brentbramer

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Often we rename what God reveals in an attempt to excuse or justify a pattern, a habit — a behavior. Gods desire is for growth — to sanctify us — not to harm us.

We welcome change when we pray: “Search me. Reveal me. Lead me.”

#change #hopeforeveryone #honesty #discipleship #jesus taken in San Luis Obispo, California by @brentbramer

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a month ago

22 years married today — she’s the best — and the person I love spending my days with — I love dreaming with you — overcoming with you — raising our kids with you —

Cant wait to see all that comes in the next 22 years

Love you 😘 happy anniversary

#bramersgoslo @jennabramer by @brentbramer

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2 months ago

take me back. we took a breather and drove to Oregon.

#bramersgoslo taken in Oregon by @brentbramer

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2 months ago