In this straight talk with men, Christopher West addresses the struggles in the area of sexual purity and lust that many, if not most, men face on a regular basis. West explains how the devil takes what is most sacred and good and makes it profane through creating a distorted picture and offering it to the culture. This is why Satan particularly attacks woman—because in her bearing of new life she reveals the very mystery of God.

Beginning with a study of the “two Adams”, West explains why the first Adam failed to love his bride rightly and turn to God for hope and healing, while the second Adam (Jesus Christ) loved his bride (the Church) rightly by giving up his life for her. West explains how the mission of every man is to lay down his life for woman, which will bring meaning and purpose to his life and give woman her due glory.

Through the context of his own candid story and struggles in this area as a young man, West closes by offering a practical battle plan for not only avoiding lust, but actually experiencing a victory in viewing others purely. He shows how we can transform the view of woman as an object for selfish gratification to a deep and lasting view of woman as a glorious creation of God.