There Is No Comparison between God’s Word and Filth
Why the Bible Belongs on Our Shelves and Groomer Books Never Did
Last year, in an act of civil disobedience, a stack of books normalizing sexual perversion was removed from the shelves of the Shelby County Public Library. For now, the filth is gone. But as soon as it was cleared away, the predictable objection rose up: “But the Bible has graphic content too.”
This is the argument now being peddled by those desperate to justify putting corruption back in front of our children. It is a lazy dodge, an attempt to blur the line between God’s holy Word and the rainbow-wrapped propaganda that was just taken out. And it will not stand. The Bible is God’s self-revelation. It is truth, revealing sin so that men and women might repent. These books glamorize sin so that children will embrace it. To compare the two is not clever—it is blasphemous.
The Bible Tells the Truth; Groomer Books Sell Lies
The Bible does not hide human sin. It exposes it. David’s adultery with Bathsheba led to betrayal, murder, and the unraveling of his kingdom. The corruption of Sodom ended in fire from heaven. Israel’s idolatry provoked exile and ruin. These stories are not invitations to imitate sin—they are warnings. Scripture names sin for what it is, so that men and women might repent and run to the Savior.
But what did our library carry? My Two Dads with its slogan “Love makes a family.” Julian is a Mermaid celebrating gender delusion. Beyond Magenta presenting teenagers bragging about sexual activity from age six. These books are not warnings—they are indoctrination manuals, sermons of rebellion written to disciple children into sin.
The prophet Isaiah’s words thunder across time: “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness” (Isaiah 5:20). That is exactly what our library did when it used our money to put these books in the hands of children.
Christians have never been reckless with Scripture. We do not throw the story of Sodom and Gomorrah into a preschooler’s lap. We use story Bibles to teach them about God’s creation, His promises, His Son. As they grow, we walk them into the deeper, harder passages, always with moral clarity.
But the Shelby County Public Library did the opposite. It shoved perversion straight at children, packaging it in rhyme and rainbow, parading it in front of wide-eyed six-year-olds. It bypassed parental authority. It bypassed conscience. It went after innocence itself. This is the behavior of groomers.
And Jesus Christ spoke directly to such evil: “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea” (Matthew 18:6). Those words are not soft. They are a death sentence pronounced against all who prey upon children.
Life or Death for Our Children
Some will still protest: “Not everyone in Shelby County is a Christian. Why should the Bible be privileged?” The answer is that truth is not optional. Protecting children is not negotiable. And morality does not change because a loud minority demands it. You don’t have to be a Christian to know it is evil to sexualize a child. You don’t have to believe the gospel to know that innocence should be protected, not exploited.
And besides—whether this county wants to admit it or not—the Bible is not just “a Christian book.” It is the foundation of our civilization. Our laws, our schools, our liberties, even our very idea of human dignity flow from its pages. Remove the Bible and you are left with chaos. Teach the Bible and you hand children the words of life.
This is not about “graphic content.” It is about truth and lies. It is about heaven and hell. The Bible speaks plainly about sin, but always with a purpose—to strip away illusions, to make us hate evil, and to drive us into the arms of Christ. Its bluntness wounds in order to heal.
The books in question do the opposite. They glamorize rebellion, presenting perversion as beauty and confusion as freedom. They do not warn children away from sin—they woo them toward it. One path leads to repentance, forgiveness, and life. The other path leads to bondage, judgment, and death.
Shelby County, Wake Up
Thank God these books are gone for now, but do not forget: they were there until the people of God stood up and said, “Enough.” And unless this county stays vigilant, they will be back. Woe to us if we call evil good. Woe to us if we put lies back into children’s hands. Judgment will not tarry.
The Bible and The Art of Drag are not in the same category. The eternal Word of God is not comparable to rainbow-wrapped indoctrination. The difference is as wide as heaven and hell. The Bible belongs in our library because it is truth. These books never belonged because they are lies. And if Shelby County cannot tell the difference, judgment will come.
Christ is King!