First Baptist Church of Bay

Yes, it's true! Elvis is alive! I know - a man told me so. He said he sat right beside him on a UFO. Besides that, I read it in the newspaper, one of those tabloids, just as I was checking out of the grocery store. It was under the article, "I ate the shark that ate my wife!" Elvis has been spotted in many places. Is this a new age phenomenon? Is Shirley MacLaine right? Did the serpent in the garden say, "Surely you will not die," or did he say, "Shirley, you will not die?" Are we going to come back again and again? Should we now put on our tombstones, "Better luck next time?" Should we make Shirley the spokesperson for Nine Lives Cat Food? Is Elvis really off somewhere in, "Blue Suede Shoes," singing, "Jailhouse Rock," or was his song, "You Ain't Nothing But A Hound Dog," really prophecy?  Is Elvis now in some backyard barking out, "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" There are just too many questions for one person to answer!!!

 

Why the preoccupation with Elvis, the King? There is a whole book dedicated to the, "fact," that Elvis is still alive. Recently, there was a convention of Elvis impersonators. Elvis Presley's home, Graceland, in Memphis, is the most visited home in America, after the White House. Why the preoccupation? The King, (Elvis) epitomizes the world's system. We want to think that Elvis is still alive and enjoying that money somewhere with another beautiful woman. It is so hard to admit that he's really dead. Admitting his death is to admit that the world's system makes a lot of promises, but it simply cannot deliver. Even if we pursue the world's promises and obtain them as Elvis did, all you really get is a room at, "Heartbreak Hotel."

Of course, there are rumors of another King that died and yet is still alive! He has also been spotted by many. I have a personal relationship with Him. He is my Rock and I'm on His Roll. Now, that's good Rock and Roll! Why? Because, in the end is a, "Mansion Over The Hilltop," not a room at, "Heartbreak Hotel." That's why I obey Him when He says, "Love Me Tender." May the Lord Jesus, our Wonderful King, truly bless you and yours today!