Lincoln by knockout.

• Author: Barber, Matt
• Position: Abraham Lincoln - WORDS & IMAGES

THE NAME ABRAHAM LINCOLN enjoys a boundless shelf life. The 16th president of the U.S. is more popular today than ever. The blockbuster movie "Lincoln" took home two Academy Awards in 2013, with Daniel Day-Lewis earning a Best Actor Oscar nod for his masterful portrayal of the Civil War president. In Abraham Lincoln, a Man of Faith and Courage, author Joe Wheeler observes that "Lincoln has had more books written about him than all our nation's presidents put together."

Honest Abe remains, far and away, the most admired president in U.S. history. It is little wonder, then, that Pres. Barack Obama seeks to associate himself with this great man at every possible turn. Even so, in terms of world view, political philosophy, integrity, and honorability, the two men are as north to south. Their similarities begin and end with an Illinois mailing address.

Consider, for instance, that, whereas Lincoln was a Republican and a strong social conservative by modern standards, Obama is a hard-left Democrat and radical Marxist by any standard. Whereas Lincoln ultimately united a nation brutally divided, Obama brutally divides a nation once united.

While, as noted by Wheeler, Lincoln was a man singularly driven by unfettered fidelity to biblical principles and the one true God of the Bible, Obama is hell-bent on undermining, if not outright defying, every jot and tittle of the Holy Scripture.

By placing his hand on the Lincoln Bible and swearing to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States ... to the best of my ability," Obama sought to draw some symbolic connection to Pres. Lincoln. Instead, and due to his counterbiblical public policy, he not only engaged in brazen duplicity, but managed to underscore the stark contrast between the two leaders. As compared to his pious predecessor, "the best of [Obama's] ability" has been weighed on the scales and found wanting.

In his first Inaugural Address, Lincoln observed: "Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty."

I believe that, due to our nation's near total rejection of God and our government's official stamp of approval on that which Scripture unambiguously calls mortal sin (i.e., the deconstruction of legitimate marriage, abortion on demand, and the like), God has, for the first time in our relatively brief history, "forsaken this favored...