Don Robertson
Lord, Give Us This Mountain
Don Robertson taught in the Discipleship Intern Training Program alongside William MacDonald, Jean Gibson and Jim McCarthy. He was the friend closest to Bill MacDonald when Bill went to be with the Lord, and he gave the eulogy at Bill’s memorial service. Today, while living with cancer, he is still asking everyone he meets the question that matters most.
His story
Don grew up in a Christian home in Vancouver, British Columbia. By his own account he was religious on the outside but lost on the inside, until 1978, when at the age of twenty he asked the Lord to save him.
In 1979 he came to California for the Discipleship Intern Training Program (DITP) in San Leandro. For nine months a small class of twelve studied the whole Bible under William MacDonald and Jean Gibson, with mornings in the Word and afternoons out sharing it.
Written while Bill was teaching the DITP: his chapter-by-chapter study outline of Genesis through Deuteronomy ↗, from his Old Testament Digest (1981), free in the Faithful Men Library. Copyright © 1981 by William MacDonald.
After the program he travelled through thirteen countries in Europe. In Vichy, France, Bill MacDonald invited him to come back to California and serve full time, without a salary. Don came. He joined the program’s staff and taught alongside Bill MacDonald, Jean Gibson and Jim McCarthy for more than ten years.
Like Bill, Don learned from the example of George Müller to bring his needs to God in prayer rather than to people. He has no theological degree. He worked in his father’s cabinet shop and later in sales, and for many years he has published and given away Christian books. He and his wife, Krista, married in 1983 and raised seven children.
Drawn from Don and Krista’s own story on I Will Trust In The Lord, and from Don’s tribute on the William MacDonald website.
Beside Bill MacDonald to the end
Don was the friend closest to William MacDonald when Bill went home to the Lord on Christmas Day, 2007. On 12 January 2008, at Fairhaven Bible Chapel in San Leandro, Don gave the eulogy at Bill’s memorial service.
“For to me to live is Christ”
Don has lived with cancer since 2016. The Lord carried him through radiation, and again in 2020 through a Stage IV diagnosis, with surgery and treatment. The cancer came back in 2025, and since January 2026 it has been held in check. Through it all Don has written openly and without fear, pointing to Philippians 1:21: for to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
Read Don’s own words: “For to me to live is Christ, to die is gain” ↗
“Where will you spend eternity?”
In October 2026 Don’s high school class at Hamber, in Vancouver, held its 50th reunion. With Krista beside him, Don thanked his classmates for their kind words and their prayers for his health. He honoured those in the class who had died too young, and reminded everyone that they are all nearing the finish line. Then he asked them the question that matters most: Where will you spend eternity?
He gave each classmate a card offering three free books, and afterward he wrote to them:
I may never see you again on earth. I pray I will see you all in heaven!Don Robertson, October 2026
Free books from Don’s ministry
Don and Krista’s ministry, I Will Trust In The Lord, gives these books away free. Each link opens Don’s own copy on his website.
THE THREE BOOKS ON DON’S CARD
- Ultimate QuestionsHow can I know God? By John Blanchard. Free PDF.
- Final DestinyWhere will I go when I die? By William MacDonald. Free PDF (NKJV). Also in the King James Version.
- Survey in Basic Christianity, Third EditionCan I trust the Bible? Who is Jesus? How can I find peace? Am I going to heaven? By O. J. (Jean) Gibson, revised and expanded by Don Robertson, drawing on the training that Jean Gibson and William MacDonald gave their students. Read free online, or download the whole book as a PDF.
MORE FREE BOOKS
- Basic Christian Training, Third EditionA discipleship study for new believers. By O. J. (Jean) Gibson, revised and expanded by Don Robertson. Published with permission of Fairhaven Bible Chapel.
- God’s Answers to Man’s QuestionsBy William MacDonald. Read online or download.
- All the Characters in RevelationRead free online or download the PDF.
HEAR DON
- Knowing the Will of GodA message by Don Robertson.
- Running From Your TrialsA message by Don Robertson.
- The Psalm 34 ChallengeDon’s day-by-day help for memorizing Psalm 34.
Text about Don Robertson: © Copyright Don Robertson, unless otherwise indicated. The books and messages above are © their authors and I Will Trust In The Lord Ministries, and are offered free at www.IWillTrustInTheLord.com. Ultimate Questions © John Blanchard. Basic Christian Training used by permission of Fairhaven Bible Chapel. Scripture from the NET Bible®, used by permission.
