Religious Doctrine and Educational Philosophy
DBTS describes itself as fundamentalist, separatist and "unashamedly Baptist," holding to a dispensational approach to the Bible and thus premillennial and pretribulational in eschatology. Additionally, it "is biblicist in theology and stands opposed to and engages in refutation of the charismatic movement, Arminianism, and hyper-Calvinism."
The institution treats the original manuscripts of the Bible as the inerrant Word of God, a position that places it in opposition to the King-James-Only Movement. King-James-Only adherents have criticized DBTS (together with Bob Jones University and other institutions, including Central Baptist Theological Seminary) for playing an influential role in convincing some Independent Baptist groups to adopt modern Bible translations.
The Institute for Creation Research lists DBTS as a "creationist college" that subscribes to the position that "God created all life forms according to the literal interpretation of the Biblical record (six-day creation, recent global flood)."
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