I usually include a sermon outline in the worship folder for our congregation, but this is only to help you follow along, if necessary. You are free to take notes, but I don't encourage it. One reason is that the words you need to remember are already printed in your Bible, and another is well explained in the quotation below.
I have often discouraged the taking of notes while I am preaching. . . . The first and primary object of preaching is not only to give information. It is, as [Jonathan] Edwards says, to produce an impression. It is the impression at the time that matters, even more than what you can remember subsequently. . . . While you are writing your notes, you may be missing something of the impact of the Spirit.
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