Dallas Theological Seminary

==Theology==
[[File:Chafer systhe.jpg|thumb|right|1993 reprint of Chafer's ''Systematic Theology'']]
DTS is known as a center of modern [[Dispensationalism|dispensational]] teaching<ref>[http://www.founders.org/FJ09/article1.html The Founders] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120731134636/http://www.founders.org/FJ09/article1.html |date=2012-07-31 }}. Summer 1992.</ref><ref>
[http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/disp.htm Baptist Bible College] May 1999. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209053150/http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/disp.htm |date=December 9, 2006 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.tms.edu/tmsj/tmsj15e.pdf Second Blessing Models of Sanctification and Early Dallas Dispensationalism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070207140218/http://www.tms.edu/tmsj/tmsj15e.pdf |date=2007-02-07 }}. The Master's Seminary Journal, Spring 2004.</ref><ref>[http://www.dallasobserver.com/2006-02-09/news/the-end-is-near/1 Dallas Observer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728192524/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2006-02-09/news/the-end-is-near/1 |date=2012-07-28 }}. February 9, 2006</ref><ref>[http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/innovations.html Monergism.com] October 2005.</ref> due to Dr. Chafer's development of a [[systematic theology]] which approaches the Bible with a "[[premillennialism|premillennial]], dispensational interpretation of the Scriptures."<ref name="DTSLibrary"/> ''Systematic Theology'', his eight-volume work describing this approach, was first published in 1948 and is still a required textbook for some courses at DTS.<ref name="DTSLibrary"/>

Notable theological beliefs of the school include: premillennialism, dispensationalism, and [[Biblical inerrancy]]. The school considers itself [[non-denominational Christianity|non-denominational]] within [[Protestantism]], and offers classes in all 66 books of the [[Protestant Bible]].<ref name=dtscred/>