The 5 Masculine Instincts: A Guide to Becoming a Better Man

by Chase Replogle

Publisher:

Moody

, 2022

Overview

Don’t trust your instincts—there is a better path to becoming a better man.

It’s no secret: today’s men face a dilemma. Our culture tells them that their instincts are either toxic or salvific. Men are left with only two options: deconstruct and forfeit masculine identity or embrace it with wild abandon. They’re left to decide between ignoring their instincts or indulging them. Neither approach helps them actually understand their own masculine experiences nor how those experiences can lead them to become better men of God.
The Bible doesn’t shy away from the reality of masculine instincts nor all of the ways those instincts can lead to destruction. Examining the lives of five men of the Bible, The 5 Masculine Instincts shows that these men aren’t masculine role models or heroes but are men who wrestled with their own desires and, by faith, matured them into something better.
Through this book you’ll discover your own instincts are neither curse nor virtue. They are the experiences by which you develop a new and better instinct—an instinct of faith. By exploring sarcasm, adventure, ambition, reputation, and apathy, The 5 Masculine Instincts shows you how to better understand yourself and how your own instincts can be matured into something better.

This is the path by which we become better men.

Key Features

• Helps men understand and mature their masculine instincts through a biblical lens
• Examines the lives of five biblical men to show how they wrestled with their desires and matured them
• Guides readers in developing a new and better instinct—an instinct of faith

Contents

• Foreword
• Chapter 1: Men, Meat, and the Masculine Malaise
• Chapter 2: Learning to Recognize Your Instincts
• Chapter 3: Sarcasm: The Humor of Our Age
• Chapter 4: Adventure: Cultivating New Eyes
• Chapter 5: Ambition: A Promised Land Lost
• Chapter 6: Reputation: The Image of a King
• Chapter 7: Apathy: A World Too Wide
• Chapter 8: The Real Work Ahead
• Chapter 9: Nothing Left to Prove
• Acknowledgments
• Notes

Praise for The 5 Masculine Instincts

Through the experiences of five biblical men—men like David, Samson, and Moses—Chase shows how these instincts can lead men to destruction, or by faith, to something better. Through their failures and success, we learn and mature with them. But these are not just stories. Chase offers practices by which we learn to discipline our own instincts. You will learn to live Paul’s advice to the young man Timothy, ‘Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching.’ Know your instinct and know what you have in Christ. That is the way forward for men. Chase will show you the way.

—Mark Batterson, lead pastor of National Community Church; New York Times bestselling author of The Circle Maker

There are lot of mixed messages in our society about masculinity—what it is, what it should be, what it shouldn’t be, and even whether it’s really ‘a thing.’ God designed men to be masculine in the best sense of the word. That requires harnessing our natural impulses and letting Him direct those traits toward the full, thriving manhood that He intends for all of us. This book is a great starting point.

—Jim Daly, President, Focus on the Family

In my twenty-four years as a pastor, two tragic words have come to summarize the affliction of many men: lonely and bored. As Thoreau once quipped, ‘The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.’ Once they’ve settled in to the routines and presumed ‘have-to’s’ of life—family, career, and maybe church—it is common for men to replace adventure and dreams with other things that numb and distract: television, internet surfing, pornography, sports, workaholism, voyeurism, excessive eating and drinking, an affair, and the like. In The 5 Masculine Instincts, Chase does a great job not only describing this sad state of affairs for many men but also paving a path forward for men who desire a better, more excellent way. Whether you are a man or there is a man that you care about, I highly recommend this work to you.

—Scott Sauls, senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville, TN; author of Befriend and Irresistible Faith

Product Details

• Title: The 5 Masculine Instincts: A Guide to Becoming a Better Man
• Author: Chase Replogle
• Publisher: Moody
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 208
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Masculinity › Religious aspects--Christianity; Men (Christian theology; Masculinity › Biblical teaching; Men in the Bible. | Bible › Biography
• ISBNs: 9780802476463, 9780802425546, 0802425542, 0802476465
• Resource ID: LLS:9780802476463
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-11-14T00:09:05Z

About Chase Replogle

Chase Replogle is the pastor of Bent Oak Church in Springfield, Missouri. He holds a degree in Biblical Studies, an M.A. in New Testament from The Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, and a D.Min. in The Sacred Art of Writing from Western Theological Seminary. Chase is the author of The 5 Masculine Instincts and A Sharp Compassion. His work draws from history, psychology, literature, and a rich narrative approach to Scripture to help readers think more deeply about faith and life. His work has been featured on Good Morning America, Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Ekstasis, Bible Engagement Project, and Influence Magazine. In addition, he hosts the Pastor Writer Podcast, where he interviews Christian authors on writing and publishing. A native of the Ozark woods, he enjoys being outdoors with his wife and two kids, sailing, playing the guitar (badly), and quail hunting with his bird dog Millie.