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In this episode of The Intentional Dad, hosts J. Fotsch and Jason Hynson, with Victory Mission, welcome guest Jim Robinette to explore what discipline really means in parenting. Drawing on his military background and years of fatherhood, Jim reframes discipline as more than just consequences—it's about leadership, personal responsibility and helping kids build self-awareness. The trio emphasizes that effective discipline is rooted in consistency, fairness and modeling behavior. Jim reflects on how different approaches worked for his two children, highlighting the importance of understanding each child's temperament. Discipline, they argue, should be less about punishment and more about guiding kids to make good choices, fostering agency and creating structure where children feel both safe and free. They also discuss the need for parents to discipline themselves and the power of open communication, accountability and humility in family dynamics. Episode Highlights [07:59] "You are responsible for your own actions… think about what you're doing and what's going to be the result." [09:20] "Giving the kids agency… they are going to live their lives. We as parents cannot live our kids' lives." [12:50] "You're just deciding in these circumstances you're going to check your brain… parenting has to be tailored to the kid." [14:25] "They expect their parents to be fair." [15:44] "Things are caught not taught… they're going to do what you do not what you say." [21:29] "They're responsible for what they think and what they do and what they do reflects what they think." Resources
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 1 Timothy 5:20-25 Subtitle: 1 Timothy Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 4/21/2025 Bible: 1 Timothy 5:20-25 Length: 30 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Satan's Device by Thomas Brooks Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 4/8/2025 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Anselm On Joy In God Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 2/27/2025 Length: 1 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Hudson Taylor's Confidence Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 1/28/2025 Length: 1 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Good at New Year-Christ, Incarnated Hope and Ruler Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 1/1/2025 Bible: Isaiah 7:14 Length: 30 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Thanksgiving Part B Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 12/3/2024 Bible: Psalm 100 Length: 27 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: God's Wrath To The Uttermost by Jonathan Edwards Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 11/14/2024 Bible: 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Length: 3 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: What I Have Heard From The Lord Isaiah 21 by Ellis Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 10/4/2024 Bible: Isaiah 21 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Encouragement, Comfort, Mercy From God In The Last Days Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 9/29/2024 Bible: Matthew 24:6-8 Length: 28 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: How Then Can We Escape? by Charles and Norma Ellis Isaiah 20 Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 9/24/2024 Bible: Isaiah 20 Length: 3 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Psalm 146 Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 9/14/2024 Bible: Psalm 146 Length: 32 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Subjects For Meditation Before Penitential Prayers by Lancelot Andrewes Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 8/26/2024 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: John 11:23-39 The Raising of Lazarus Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 8/26/2024 Bible: John 11:23-39 Length: 27 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Temptation by Puritan Thomas Adams Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 8/21/2024 Length: 1 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Psalm 51 Part A Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 8/15/2024 Bible: Psalm 51:1-9 Length: 32 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Psalm 51 Part B Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 8/15/2024 Bible: Psalm 51:9-19 Length: 27 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Isaiah 10:20-34 Thoughts by Charles and Norma Ellis Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 8/14/2024 Bible: Isaiah 10:20-34 Length: 3 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Patience by Puritans Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 8/7/2024 Length: 1 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Patience by Puritans Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 8/7/2024 Length: 1 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Patience by Puritans Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 8/7/2024 Length: 1 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Like A Cloud, God's Comfort Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Sunday Service Date: 7/9/2024 Bible: Psalm 123 Length: 31 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Old Testament Survey Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 7/9/2024 Length: 30 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: New Testament Survey Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 7/9/2024 Length: 31 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Zambia Ministry Report 1 James 2:1-13 Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 7/1/2024 Bible: James 2:1-13 Length: 31 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Christ In Our Thoughts by John Owen Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 6/27/2024 Length: 1 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Shame And Defilement Of Sin by John Owen Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 6/21/2024 Length: 3 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Shame And Defilement Of Sin by John Owen Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 6/21/2024 Length: 3 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Philippians 3:1-11 Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 6/19/2024 Bible: Philippians 3:1-11 Length: 32 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Love Of Christ by John Bunyan Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 6/19/2024 Length: 3 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: More For Christ by Samuel Rutherford Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 6/19/2024 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Puritans On Prayer-Various Quotes Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 6/4/2024 Bible: James 2:1-13 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Puritans On Prayer-Various Quotes Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 6/4/2024 Bible: James 2:1-13 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Think Of Christ by John Owen Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 4/25/2024 Bible: Revelation 3:20 Length: 1 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Evil Of Complaining Can Lead To Conversion by Jeremiah Burroughs Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 4/25/2024 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Christian's Mixture of Joy and Sorrow by Richard Sibbes Isaiah 22:12,13 Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 1/26/2024 Bible: Isaiah 22:12-13 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Eternal Election by John Bunyan Romans 8:33 Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 10/20/2023 Bible: Romans 8:33 Length: 3 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Thomas Brooks from Smooth Stones Taken From Ancient Brooks Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 9/26/2023 Length: 3 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Ignorance Of Christian Liberty by Richard Sibbes Ecclesiastes 10:18 Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 9/21/2023 Bible: Ecclesiastes 10:18 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: How Long Lord? by Thomas Case Psalm 6:3 Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 9/16/2023 Bible: Psalm 6:3 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Assurance of Salvation by Richard Sibbes Romans 8:16 Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 7/29/2023 Bible: Romans 8:16 Length: 3 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Death, A Passage To Christ by Richard Sibbes Philippians 1:23,24 Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 7/6/2023 Bible: Philippians 1:23-24 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Lord, Teach Us To Pray by Richard Sibbes Luke 11:1 Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 3/30/2023 Bible: Luke 11:1 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Your Will Be Done by Thomas Manton Matthew 6:10 Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 3/30/2023 Bible: Matthew 6:10 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Deserted By Others But Not By Christ 2 Timothy 4:10 Richard Sibbes Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 2/6/2023 Bible: 2 Timothy 4:10 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Our Fear Of Death by Richard Baxter John 11:16 Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 11/15/2022 Bible: John 11:16 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Free Mercy by Thomas Goodwin Psalm 86:15 Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 9/14/2022 Bible: Psalm 86:5 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Blessed Peacemakers by Puritan Thomas Watson Matthew 5:9 Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 9/14/2022 Bible: Matthew 5:9 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Blessed Peacemakers by Puritan Thomas Watson Matthew 5:9 Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 8/12/2022 Bible: Matthew 5:9 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Wrestling-Ephesians 6:12 by William Gurnall 1616-1679 Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 7/15/2022 Bible: Ephesians 6:12 Length: 2 min.