A new way of seeing
You were never meant to live the Christian life.
He was meant to live it through you. A 19-part teaching journey with Mike Atkins into the one distinction that quietly changes everything.
A teaching by Mike Atkins
Watch the introduction
A new way of seeing begins here.
In this short film, Mike Atkins shares the distinction at the heart of The Life Paradigm—and why it changes everything.
The first two sessions of The Life Paradigm are yours to watch, at no cost and with no commitment. Not a preview or a trailer—two complete teaching sessions, half of the first of 19 episodes. Begin with Session One, and see for yourself why this perspective changes everything.
For the sincere and the weary
What if the striving was never the point?
Have you ever felt that the harder you try to live the Christian life, the more tired—and the further behind—you feel? You have prayed the prayers, kept the disciplines, and rededicated yourself more times than you can count, yet still carry a quiet exhaustion you cannot quite name.
You are not failing. You may simply be living by a paradigm that was never going to work.
Hidden in plain sight
A single distinction reorders everything.
It is the difference between you living your life for Christ—and Christ living His life through you.
It sounds like a small thing. It changes absolutely everything. This is not another plan to try harder. It is a new way of seeing. And once it is seen, it cannot be unseen.
An invitation
This course was made for you if…
01You love God—but you are worn out by the effort of it.
02You have tried the programs, plans, and disciplines, and the change never seems to last.
03You suspect there is more to the Christian life than you are experiencing.
04You can look the part on Sunday while quietly struggling the rest of the week.
05You are not looking for one more thing to do. You are longing for a different way to live.
The Life Paradigm
One truth, opened slowly.
A complete 19-part video course drawn from nearly fifty years of Mike Atkins’s teaching and pastoral ministry around the world.
Across 67 unhurried teaching sessions, you will move from striving to rest, from performance to Presence, from trying to be like Jesus to letting Jesus be Himself through you.
Take it at your own pace—with lifetime access.
An unhurried journey
Made to be lived, not rushed.
19
Episodes
Distinct episodes that unfold one idea, layer by layer.
67
Sessions
Shorter teaching sessions you can move through at your own pace.
∞
Access
Lifetime access for returning, reflecting, and walking with a group.
Not another program
A reorientation, not a technique.
01
It does not add to your list.
It lifts the weight from it.
02
It is not theory.
It was forged through fifty years of real ministry around the world.
03
It does not leave you alone.
The book and study guide carry the shift into ordinary life.
Created for the whole journey
More than a collection of videos.
Everything is designed to help you see—and live—differently.
The Life Paradigm
The complete companion book, including the Group Leaders Guide.
Devotional & Study Guide
Nineteen weeks of daily readings to help the paradigm move from idea to life.
Lifetime access to the full 19-part video journey is included.
The nineteen episodes
One idea, unfolding in sequence.
Episodes 1–5
- 01Saved by His Life
- 02Back to the Garden
- 03Short of the Glory
- 04Flesh and the Spirit
- 05The Spirit of Life
Episodes 6–10
- 06Defining Characteristics
- 07The Instincts of the Spirit
- 08Let Your Light Shine
- 09The Perfect Example
- 10Intention and Purpose
Episodes 11–14
- 11Weakness and Strength
- 12A Theological Continuum
- 13Him We Preach
- 14Assignment and Anointing
Episodes 15–19
- 15Entering the Rest
- 16Living by Faith
- 17Repentance Redefined
- 18Redefining Significance
- 19Perilous Times
Your teacher
Nearly fifty years of ministry, distilled.
Mike Atkins has served the Church worldwide for nearly fifty years as a pastor, missionary, and teacher—from great cathedrals to dirt-floored villages across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
He is the president and founder of Mike Atkins Teaching Ministries International, a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Boston University, and served twenty years on the board of the Corrie ten Boom Museum in Holland.
The Life Paradigm is the distilled heart of what he has spent a lifetime learning—and longing to give away.
Questions, answered simply
Frequently asked questions
Isn’t this just telling me to be passive and do nothing?
Do I need to be a theologian, or have my life together?
Why would this be different from other courses I have tried?
How does it work, and how long do I have access?
The invitation
You can keep trying to live the Christian life.
Or you can discover what it means to let Christ live it through you. A new way of seeing is one decision away.
One enrollment. Lifetime access. A way of seeing you cannot unsee.
