Our conversation goes straight to why Dallas seems so positive about the will and so negative about willpower. His opening remark was, “Recall our essential idea: You don’t become spiritually or emotionally mature by willpower.” Then he added, “We must emphasize that the process of growth into emotional and spiritual maturity requires that we learn to use our will —and yet, willpower is not the key to spiritual maturity. If we make it the key, we will wind up hopelessly bound in legalism.” “As bad