Why "WISEN?"

We want to serve Jesus in our geographical area, but not to be limited by overly-specific language. We want to serve Jesus on our unique campuses, but we don’t want to do so with indifference to--or worse, in competition with--one another. We are on the same team: Christ’s team.

Raymond Church: Origins

The Raymond S.D.A. Church was raised up and organized through the evangelistic efforts of Elder John Matteson during the years of 1867-68. Elder Matteson can well be called the “apostle” of our message to the Scandinavian people in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. However, we find that Elder Matteson’s first apostleship for the Adventist message began in the United States.

A Calling Out

This poem is published in memory of our dear sister, Mary Elizabeth Gordon, who read this poem at our Friday night vespers service only weeks prior to her recent passing. She took her faith very seriously and put tremendous stock in the imminency of the Book of Revelation’s predictions. This particular poem, of course, focuses on Revelation 14:6-12 (as well as Revelation 18).

Is Our Prophetic Picture Complete?

what is it about our end time eschatology that allows us to go about our comfortable lives of plenty, safety and security while turning a blind eye, a deaf ear, and a stony heart to the poverty, suffering and pain of the vast majority of the world's population? As long as we identify the evil as something external, then we can stay ignorant of the real evil that touches all of us. 

Youth Tent 2018

The Wisconsin Camp Meeting is the highlight of the year for many Seventh-day Adventists in our area. It's a week in the great Wisconsin outdoors, playing games, hanging out with friends, singing songs, going on field trips, listening to inspiring messages, and most importantly growing closer to Jesus.

The Giving of God's Law

Often we look at the Ten Commandments as if they were given in a vacuum.  As if God just presented a sterile document, almost a contract if you will, and all God's people have to do is sign on the proverbial dotted line.  But that is not how the story went.  It is a story of epic drama, and it has immense implications for our lives today.  And when we look into this story, not only do we get a vastly different picture than usually pops into our head when we think of the Ten Commandments, but the Law itself comes alive and we see it in a new light.  

What's This Book For?

The Bible isn’t just a revelation of His will, rather, it is a revelation of God Himself!  The way God reveals His will is through a revelation of His character.  How does God reveal His character? The answer is not just intellectually but experientially.  We understand God by experiencing Him in our lives, better still, by having the indwelling life of Christ displace our own.  We learn about God as He abides with us in the person of the Holy Spirit.