River City Christian Center | Sermon of the Week

This Mother's Day sermon traces one of the most powerful generational faith stories in the Bible — the story of Timothy, his mother Eunice, and his grandmother Lois — and highlights the power that the prayers of a faithful, devoted Mother can have on future generations. This is a word for every parent, every grandparent, and everyone who wonders whether their faithfulness is making a difference. Whether you grew up with a praying mother or you didn't — this message meets you where you are. If faith wasn't passed down to you, Pastor Danny has a simple challenge: start a new line. Determine that your descendants will be dedicated to the Lord. Pray for the ones you don't even know yet. Jesus did it in John 17. You can too. This message also unpacks 2 Timothy 1:6-7 — fan into flame the gift of God that is already in you. The Holy Spirit is in you. You have the gifts because you have the Holy Ghost. And the spirit God gave you is not fear — it is power, love, and self-discipline.

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What does it actually mean to rob God? Pastor Danny Robertson opens Malachi 3 and traces the word "robber" through the entire Bible — from the temple storehouse to the Good Samaritan to Judas to Barabbas to the cross — and builds a case that the heart behind withholding from God is the same heart behind every other kind of theft.

Key scriptures: Malachi 3:8-10 | Luke 10:30-37 | John 10:1-10 | John 12:6 | Matthew 26:55 | Matthew 27

Chapters:

00:00 — Opening prayer 01:00 — Introduction: Finishing Craig Hood's book and the word "juxtaposition" 03:41 — Malachi 3:8 — Will a mere mortal rob God? 05:16 — You are under a curse 06:17 — The promise: Test me and see if I won't open the floodgates 08:12 — First fruits vs. leftovers — which nine get blessed? 09:49 — You become the floodgate — blessed to bless the nations 11:12 — Why does God juxtapose his promise with robbers? 13:00 — The dart gun — a childhood story about robbing 14:32 — What robbing reveals: selfishness, distrust, hardened heart 19:51 — The psychology of robbing: id, ego, and superego 22:16 — Robbing goes against who God is — he gives, he serves 24:06 — Stepping into the curse vs. living in provision 25:19 — The Lord Almighty's dare: no recession in heaven 29:43 — The Hebrew word for rob — to cover, to deceive 30:19 — The Good Samaritan: robbers, the half dead man, and Jesus 37:26 — The juxtaposition: what robbers do vs. what God does 38:46 — Robbers in the New Testament — the Greek word 40:07 — Cleansing the temple: my house is a den of robbers 41:25 — Judas: the robber in charge of the purse 45:07 — Jesus accused of being a robber by robbers 46:14 — Projection, lawfare, and false charges 50:02 — Laurie and the cup of mixed leftovers — a sibling story 51:52 — They called Jesus a robber so they could keep robbing 52:33 — Barabbas: son of the father freed while the Son took his place 55:35 — We are all robbers — but when we come to our senses 56:20 — John 10: the thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy 58:21 — The continuum: robbing leads to killing leads to destroying 58:52 — The juxtaposition: abundant life vs. the way of the curse 59:13 — Money reveals the heart 01:00:18 — The Oreo story — Danny, did you have an Oreo? 01:02:37 — I was speaking to my dad but my daddy was the devil 01:03:20 — Blessings beyond money: relationships, family, community 01:03:49 — Will you rob God? Put feet on your answer 01:05:17 — Closing and communion

What does the Bible actually say about money, generosity, and trusting God with your finances? Pastor Danny Robertson walks through the final chapter of Take God at His Word by Dr. Kregg Hood — a practical, faith-driven look at biblical financial stewardship that will challenge you on giving. Paul calls generosity a grace — placing it alongside faith, speech, and knowledge in 2 Corinthians 8 and challenging believers to excel in it. Biblical giving is about sowing in faith and trusting God to bring the harvest. Danny also shares River City's testimony of purchasing land in 2020. We believed God for a piece of property for years, poured oil on it, prayed over it, bought it debt-free in the middle of COVID with the help of an interest-free loan, and paid back $100,000 by Thanksgiving of the same year. That's a financial miracle. That's who Jehovah Jireh is.

Key scriptures: 2 Corinthians 8:7–9 | 2 Corinthians 9:6–7 | Galatians 6:9–10 | Luke 5:5–6 | Ephesians 3:20–21

Recorded on April 26, 2026 at River City Christian Center

Dr. Gail Stathis is a missionary and pastor with EME Ministries, serving the Middle East and Greece. She brings a powerful, deeply personal message for anyone walking through uncertainty, unanswered prayer, grief, or spiritual dryness. Drawing from John 11 and the resurrection of Lazarus, Gail unpacks why Jesus delayed, what that delay meant for everyone watching, and what it means for you today.

This message is built around three biblical and practical anchors for unstable times: Trust God's Word before you see His hand move, God sees further into your situation than you can, and God will always do His part — but not your part. When Lazarus's tomb was sealed, Jesus didn't roll the stone away himself. He told them to do it. Roll the stone away. That's the part only you can do. Doubt, fear, grief, a prayer you've nearly abandoned — those are the stones. You roll them. He does the impossible.

Recorded on April 19, 2026 at River City Christian Center

In this sermon, Pastor Danny Robertson goes through what Bible teaches about tithing, money, blessing, resources, provision, and our SOURCE of all things, God Almighty.

2 Corinthians 8:9 (NIV) - For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.

Recorded on April 12, 2026 at River City Christian Center

The tomb is empty -- Christ is Risen! This is Pastor Danny Robertson's Easter / Resurrection Day sermon on the hope of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ!

John 20:8 - Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.

Recorded at River City Christian Center on Easter Sunday - April 5, 2026.

Did you know that the only time God explicitly tells His people to "test" Him is in regards to tithing? (Malachi 3:10) God gives incredible promises in response to obedient and generous giving. In this sermon, Pastor Danny Robertson goes through what Bible teaches about tithing, money, blessing, resources, provision, and our SOURCE of all things, God Almighty.

Malachi 3:10 - Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

Recorded on March 22, 2026 at River City Christian Center

Exodus 25:8-9 (NASB) - And let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them. According to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, just so you shall construct it.

Recorded on March 15, 2026 at River City Christian Center

In this sermon, Pastor Danny Robertson goes through what the Bible teaches about money, blessing, resources, provision, and our SOURCE of all things, God Almighty.

In this sermon, Pastor Danny Robertson unpacks what is ESSENTIAL for salvation, as well as looking at all the Biblical ingredients that go into the "recipe."