So. Summary of what I've read so far, chapter one("Not even a hint") and chapter two("Sex is not the problem"). God's standard for sexual immorality is set as high as it can go. Eph5:3 says "But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or any kind of impurity, or of greed, because those are improper for God's holy people." It may sound un-achievable, but(as Joshua wrote in the next chapter) it's because lust never stays as "just a hint". It snowballs out of control, and it can never be satisfied. Joshua quoted CS Lewis, saying "Starving men may think much about food but so do gluttons; the gorged, as well as the famished, like titillations."
It's important to save our sexuality from being confused with lust. Our sexuality was a good thing, programmed into us by God, to drive us to a holy marriage. Lust pollutes that. Joshua is using the early chapters of his book to distinguish lust from sexuality. He quoted John Piper saying "Lust is a sexual desire minus honor and holiness". It removes our respect for others and their possessions.
We are sexual creatures, and that is good. Lust can never be satisfied, and it is very very bad.
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