Library's copy autographed by the author.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part one. The need

The land is full of adulterers

Killing spiders. Preventing fires

Commands, not suggestions

Because ... just because

Part two. God's design

Sex really is God's idea

What is this feeling anyway?

Covenantal oneness

Restorative oneness

Sacred oneness

Procreational oneness

Physical and emotional oneness

Spiritual oneness

Recreational oneness

Rules for the marriage bed

Sex and the single person

Part three. Man's abuses

Missing the target

Lustful thoughts and immoral behaviors

Filling the bucket one grain at a time

Walk into my parlor

Step #1. Faltering in the search for biblical wisdom

Step #2. Failing in the development of the marriage relationship

Step #3. Fantasizing in the arena of the mind

Step #4. Flirting with the forbidden world of seduction

Step #5. Falling into the trap of immorality

It better be worth it

Part four. The way of escape

It is a winnable war

Line of defense #1. Guarding my mind

Protecting my mind

Provisioning my mind

Purifying my mind

Preparing my mind

Line of defense #2. Guarding my body

Presenting my body

Promising my body

Protecting my body

Line of defense #3. Guarding my companions

Praying for my companions

Protecting my companions

Confronting my companions

Part five. The way back

A word to the wounded and families

The A.C.T.S. of repentance

David's story tops them all

Part 6. From "what?" to "so what?" to "now what?"

Study Guide. Questions for reflection and discussion

Personal accountability program

Appendices. Masturbation : chief of sins or gift of God?

Suggested reading on moral purity and biblical sexuality