I’m not certain that I have ever titled a sermon after a song by Elvis Presley before. That may be surprising to you considering the timeless quality of some of his early hits like “Hound Dog,” “All Shook Up,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” and “Hard-Headed Woman.” I guess I could have derived a sermon from some of those, but somehow it seemed a stretch. Today’s lesson from the Book of Acts, however, is a different story. The story really does at least fit the title of Presley’s 1957 hit record “Jailhouse Rock.”

Perhaps you may remember “Jailhouse Rock.” It’s about a group of convicts who throw a party in the county jail with good ’ole rock-and roll music, and they have so much fun they don’t want to leave. The song featured some memorable lyrics like, “Number forty-seven said to number three: You’r…