"The “whatever it takes” crowd calls their worship “contemporary” (somewhat akin to how Madonna dresses like a teenager), but it smacks of desperation to lie about one’s age. Far from being contemporary, God’s people have been doing “whatever it takes for the sake of God’s kingdom” from ancient times. “We want to be like the other nations,” they said to Samuel. “Give us a king!” Samuel warned them, but they insisted: “Whatever it takes for the kingdom of God!”—including, apparently, removing God from being King over His own kingdom."