Doxology Go
Doxology GO is a daily family devotional podcast that helps kids and families connect with God, the Bible, and each other—wherever you GO! Doxology GO is built around two simple ideas: #1 – Following and worshiping (“doxology”) God can happen wherever we GO! On the way to school, practice, church, around the dinner table, or even as we're getting ready for bed, every part of our day can be an opportunity to know, follow, and worship God. #2 – Following and worshiping God starts in the home and with the family. Deuteronomy 6:4–7 reminds parents to impress God's Word on their children and talk about it “when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” That's what Doxology GO is all about! Each short episode is designed to help your family connect with God and with each other through a fun, meaningful, and Gospel-centered look at God's Word, the Bible. Listen on the way to school, around the breakfast or dinner table, or before bed! In Season 1 (2026–2027), we're taking a chronological journey through the entire Bible—from Genesis to Revelation—to hear 200 amazing Bible stories (corresponding to the 200 or so days of a school year). We'll hear their stories, learn from their lives, and most importantly, discover how each story is part of God's one big rescue story that points us to Jesus! My name is Matt Doan (DMin, Talbot School of Theology). I'm a husband to Marie, a dad to Lily, Samuel, Seth, and Eden, and a pastor at Calvary Church Santa Ana in Orange County, California. I'd love to hear how Doxology GO is helping your family connect with God and with each other! You can reach me at mdoan@calvarylife.org. And please share Doxology GO with other families! You can listen here and wherever you get your podcasts. Doxology GO — Family Devotions for Life on the Go!
Episodes
On today's episode, we will explore the idea of being image bearers of God, "Imago Dei." Every single person is made in God’s image. That means every person has incredible value, not because of what they can do, what they look like, how smart they are, or how popular they are, but because God made them.
Genesis 2 tells us about the first people (Adam and Eve) and the first marriage.
The Bible tells us that marriage is meant to reflect Jesus’ love for His people, who love His people with an even greater, perfect, never-giving-up kind of love.
When you see a husband and wife loving each other, forgiving each other, serving each other, and keeping their promises to each other, you’re seeing a little picture of a...
In the first book of the Bible, in Genesis, chapter 3, verse 1…we read about a snake, often called “a serpent” in most of our Bible translations…
Genesis 3, verse 1, tells us this, “Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
Genesis 3:1...
Have you ever gotten so angry that you said something mean?
Have you ever been jealous because someone else got something you wanted? Have you ever wanted to get even with someone because they hurt your feelings?
I know I have.
But here is the good news...
When anger starts growing inside of us, we don’t have to let anger control us. When jealousy shows up, jealousy doesn’t have to control us.
When we want to get even with s...
Do you know the names of your Grandparents? You might just call them “Grandpa and Grandma,” but do you know their first names?
What about your “great-grandparents?"
These would be your parents, grandparents!
Do you know their names?
Today, we are going to talk about a guy named Enoch…
You can find Enoch’s story in Genesis, Chapter 5…
“Enoch w...
The Bible begins in Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 1 with four simple words:
“In the beginning God…”
The Bible begins with God because the Bible is all about God!
Your story begins and starts with God, too. Whether you are 4, 7, 11, 17, 37 or 77…
God made you.
God loves you.
And in your life story, God invites you to know and follow Him.
Noah obeyed God even before he saw the rain.
But when it started raining, oh wow, did it ever rain.
it didn’t stop raining for 40 days and 40 nights, and the ENTIRE earth was covered in Water. Only Noah and his family were saved.
However, the story of Noah isn’t just about a really big boat and a bunch of animals. It’s also a rescue story. Just like Noah needed to be rescued, we need to be rescued from ou...
The Dove grabbed one small olive leaf in its beak.
But that one small leaf was significant.
Because that little leaf meant:
"There are trees out there."
And if there are trees growing...
the water is going down.
And if the water is going down...
the earth is becoming livable again.
And if the earth is becoming livable again...
God is keeping his promise and giving them a new beginning.
Sometimes a small sign can remind us that God is doing s...
After the Ark, and the animals and the flood and the dove with a olive leaf in its beak, God made a covenant with Noah.
(A covenant is a special promise—a promise that God will keep.)
After the flood, God promised Noah that He would never again destroy the whole earth with a flood.
And guess what?
God is still keeping that promise today!
But God also gave Noah something he could see to remind him of that promise.
Do you kn...
After the flood waters went down and, Noah’s family and the animals got off the boat, Noah’s family grew and grew.
Before long, there were many people living on Earth again.
At that time, everyone spoke the same language, so everyone could understand each other.
One day, a group of people had a really bad idea:
“Let’s build a huge tower that reaches toward the sky!”
Now Building a tall tower wasn&rsquo...
Genesis 12:1 says,
“The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.’”
Did you catch what God told Abram to do?
GO.
Leave your country.
Leave your cousins, your siblings, even your parents…
Leave your home.
Leave everything that feels familiar and comfortable…
…and go to a land that I will show you.
But there was one...
God didn’t bless Abram just so Abram could have a comfortable life and write hashtag blessed on his Instagram posts!
“I will bless you... and you will be a blessing.” — Genesis 12:2
God blessed Abram so that Abram’s life could ultimately be a blessing to others. Think about the difference between a swimming pool and a river.
A swimming pool stores water and holds onto it and the water doesn’...
Today, we learn about Abram's nephew, Lot and his choice to move next to a wicked city (Sodom) and how that choice impacted his life.
Those we live near, next and with influence our lives more than we realize, so be careful who influences you, but also never be afraid to love people who need Jesus.
Choose friends who help you follow Jesus.
And then, together, move toward people who need to know how much Jesus loves them.
In Genesis 17, God restores Abram and Sara with an “I” despite their sin
and gives them new names…To Abram, he becomes Abraham.
To Sarai, she becomes Sarah with an “H” at the end of her name rather than an “I”…
The names are so similar to their old names, SO what is the big deal?
Well, to both Abram and Sarai’s names, God added the Hebrew letter heh (H) to ...
In Genesis 18:13 we read,
"Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’ 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord?...”
This is an incredible scene!
3 mysterious visitors visit Abraham and Sarah…
And they remind Abraham and Sarah that God has promised them children.
Sarah laughs! Not because the visitors tell a joke…
No she laughs because...
Out in the middle of the wilderness, with no water when Ishmael probably felt completely alone…God heard him!
In fact, do you know what the name Ishmael means in Ancient Hebrew?
It means: “God hears.”
How cool is that?
Every time someone said Ishmael’s name, it was a reminder:
God hears.
And guess what? GOD HEARS YOU TOO!
Sometimes you might feel like nobody understands what you’re going through, maybe you'r...
In Genesis 22, Abraham and Isaac traveled up a mountain together.
As they walked, Isaac noticed something.
They had wood for the sacrifice, and they had everything else they needed, but they didn't have the normal sacrifice, which would have been an animal, usually a lamb…
So Isaac asked his dad, "Where is the lamb?"
And Abraham gave an amazing answer in Genesis 22, verse 8:
"God himself will provide the lamb."
Abraham trusted tha...
In Genesis chapter 24, Isaac isn't a little boy anymore.
He's about 40 years old!
And Abraham realizes that it's time for Isaac to (finally) get married.
But Abraham didn't want Isaac to marry just anyone. Abraham wanted Isaac to have a wife who followed God and was woman of humble, loving and generous (If you are kid, it might sound weird to tell you this now, but Who you marry really matters…Your spouse will impact your life ...
In Genesis 25, Esau came home from being out hunting, and he was absolutely starving.
He sees his brother's Jacob's soup and basically says:
“Give me some of that! I'm starving!”
Seems like a pretty normal request from your brother, right?
But Jacob says in Genesis 25:31:
“First, sell me your birthright.”
Wait…WHAT?
A bowl of soup for a birthright?
You might be wondering: What's a birthright?
In their culture,...
In Genesis 27, there is a lot of pretending.
Jacob puts on someone else's clothes with the help of his Mom…
He covers his hands so they feel like someone else's hands.
He tells his father he is someone else.
Jacob pretends to be Esau because he desperately wants his father's blessing.
But here's what I love about the good news of Jesus:
You never have to pretend with God.
You don't have to pretend you've never messed up.
You don't h...
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