In the Bible, God can hear you scream

March 1, 2026 — 5:30am

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One of my favourite T-shirts is a version of Edvard Munch’s famous painting The Scream, in which the agonised human face clutched in both hands is replaced by a dog’s, an Australian Shepherd to be precise. I call it “dog’s existential angst” because our canine companions share so much with us, including our misery.

Nothing speaks with more clarity about human existential angst than the Bible. It is utterly realistic about life and its........

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