PARADIGM SHIFT
Four Bold Moves from Religion to Abiding
Coming Soon — October 2026
The exhaustion you feel in your faith is not a discipline problem. It is a paradigm problem.
From the day you first accepted Christ, Religion has been by your side with a rulebook in hand passing out parking tickets, telling you that this is the abundant life. Their claims are always the same: God is distant, He expects you to suffer for His attention, and if you work hard enough, He might throw you a bone—someday, in the life to come. The result is a faith built on doctrine without encounter, theological knowledge without presence, and striving without rest — the kind of Christianity that knows a great deal about God but can’t quite manage to locate Him. Be encouraged! There’s a way out, and there’s a map to find what Christ has promised you—that abundant life free from religion and its ugly demands.
Paradigm Shift recovers the “pearl of great price” that religion buried. The treasure Christ described in His parables is new life, spiritual freedom, and intimacy with the God of the cosmos. Above all, it is an invitation to abide in Christ. And for all its stained-glass and steeples, religion cannot free you from the cage it built because it is religion itself that built it. If you have felt the bars of that cage even when you couldn’t name them, this book is for you.
Four moves. Identity. Intimacy. Architecture. Inheritance. From religion to abiding in Christ. The shift is here.
Nonfiction · Christian Theology · Forthcoming October 2026
Scot Lahaie is a professor, pastor, and playwright based in the Midwest. He is the founding pastor of The Furnace Christian Fellowship and the author of numerous plays and theological works, including the award-winning Dogfall, Gloria Dei, Purging Mary, Luminarium, Mysterium, Miraculum, Purgatorium, LEAR ReLoaded, The Cattle Baron’s Ball, Big Brother 2024, Mary, Mother of God, and Gadfly. His writing and ministry sit at the intersection of contemplative spirituality, charismatic encounter, and the life of prayer.
