An independent Christian imprint
Honest stories.
Lasting hope.
Burnett House Books publishes the work of Chris W Burnett: spiritual memoir, pastoral fiction and Bible study. Each book names the wound honestly, walks through it, and points to the hope, redemption and forgiveness found in Jesus.
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The Night Love Came Down
A Word from Santa
On Christmas night, Santa’s sleigh comes home low and silent. Seated by the workshop fire, he finally tells his elves the secret he has carried for centuries: he was never the source of Christmas joy, only its reflection.
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First titles
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Literary fiction
The Boy in the Closet: Becoming Billy Light
Billy Light learned early how to disappear. When his father’s rage filled the house, he slipped into his bedroom closet and counted his breaths in the dark. But Billy isn’t the only one hiding: two classmates carry the same secret of abuse at home, and the same fear of becoming the ones who hurt them. Together, their stories show that no closet is too dark for grace, and that hope and redemption are within reach, whatever you face.
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Pastoral fiction · with group study guides
Only God Can Love This Much
Callie was sixteen when she and her boyfriend agreed on what they called “the only choice,” and that night she vowed never to speak of it again. Years later her life looks like it’s working, but she knows that silence and peace are not the same thing. A story for women carrying the private grief of a past abortion, and for those who walk beside them.
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Teaching study
Drawing Near: The Offerings of God, from the First Offering to the Living Sacrifice
In Hebrew, the word qorban describes an offering as something brought near to God. This teaching study follows that thread through Scripture to show that the offerings were not primarily payments, but an approach to God in the way He provided, fulfilled in Christ and answered today by lives offered to Him. Each chapter closes with reflection questions for personal or group study.
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Christmas allegory
The Night Love Came Down: A Word from Santa
On Christmas night, Santa’s sleigh comes home low and silent. Seated by the workshop fire, he finally tells his elves the secret he has carried for centuries: he was never the source of Christmas joy, only its reflection.
Release date to be announced
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A trilogy on creativity and faith
Expression Beyond Words
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Volume I
Where Does Your Creativity Come From?
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Volume II
Creativity as an Offering Returned to God
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Volume III
Faith & Surrender: Bearing Witness
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Spiritual memoir
Sin Leaves Scars
For decades he confessed, was forgiven, and fell again, until grace began to feel like it belonged to other people. In this spiritual memoir, Chris W Burnett tells the honest story of the cycle that held him and the healing that finally broke it, a healing so deep it left permanent marks. Sin leaves scars. And the scars say: You were loved all the way down.
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Scripture study
Relevant: When the Signs Could No Longer Be Ignored
You have asked it already, even if you never said it aloud: How is the end of days relevant to me?
God staked His name on declaring the future before it came to pass. The evidence of His faithfulness is written in Scripture and recorded in history, available for anyone willing to examine it.
The signs Jesus gave reveal nothing new about God’s purpose. They confirm what has mattered all along: the choice each person must make concerning eternity.
The warning is not that the end is coming; it is that the opportunity to choose is available today, but not forever.
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