The Outlaw Apprentice: My Story. God's Story.

The Outlaw Apprentice is the story of a man who spent more than fifty years trying to prove he was enough.

From small-town beginnings ad a lifelong search for significance, to success in Christian publishing, broken relationships, hidden addictions, and three failed marriages, Dave Sheets shares the unfiltered story of a life that looked successful on the outside while quietly unraveling within.

But this is not ultimately a story of failure.

It’s a story about grace.

When everything he trusted finally collapsed, Dave discovered what he had been searching for all along: not religion, achievement, or approval, but apprenticeship to Jesus – the Original Outlaw.

Honest, vulnerable, and deeply hopeful, this memoir invites readers into a journey of healing, brotherhood, forgiveness, and transformation.

If you have ever felt exhausted from performing, afraid of being truly known, or uncertain whether change is possible, this story will remind you that it is never too late to begin again.

The journey starts when the performance ends.