Iain Hamish Murray (born 19 April 1931) is a British pastor and author who co-founded the Reformed publishing house, the Banner of Truth Trust.
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Early life
Iain Murray was born on 19 April 1931. He was educated in the Isle of Man at King William's College. Murray was converted in 1949.
In the summer of 1950 he was commissioned in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) rifle regiment of the British Army, serving in Singapore and Malaya in the suppression of the communist insurgency known as the "Malayan Emergency". He transferred to the Army reserve in 1955 and resigned his commission the following year.
After his military service, Murray studied Philosophy and History at the University of Durham, graduating with a BA in 1954. In 1955 he married Jean Ann Walters and became assistant minister at St. John's Free Church, Summertown, Oxford.
Christian work
Murray served as assistant to Martyn Lloyd-Jones at Westminster Chapel (1956–59) and subsequently at Grove Chapel, London (1961–69) and St. Giles Presbyterian Church, Sydney, Australia, (1981–84). In 1957 he and Jack Cullum founded the Reformed publishing house, the Banner of Truth Trust, for which he remains a trustee.
Murray and his wife Jean Ann lived together in Edinburgh, Scotland for 69 years, till she died in March 2024.
Theological positions
According to certain sources Murray's theological positions are:
5-point Calvinist
Paedobaptist (advocates infant baptism)
Post-millennial
Covenant theology
Works
Books by Iain Murray include:
Australian Christian Life from 1788 : an introduction and an anthology, (1988), ISBN 0-85151-524-X
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones : The First Forty Years, (1982), ISBN 0-85151-353-0
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones : The Fight of Faith, (1990), ISBN 0-85151-564-9
The Forgotten Spurgeon, (1966), ISBN 0-85151-156-2
Spurgeon and the Church of England, (1966) – a booklet
Jonathan Edwards : A New Biography, (1988), ISBN 0-85151-494-4
The Life of Arthur W. Pink, ISBN 0-85151-883-4
The Life of John Murray : Professor of Systematic Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1937–1966, (1984), ISBN 0-85151-422-7, ISBN 0-85151-426-X
The Puritan Hope : Revival and the Interpretation of Prophecy, (1971, London: Banner of Truth Trust), ISBN 0-85151-247-X (pbk)
Revival & Revivalism : The Making and Marring of American Evangelicalism 1750–1858, (1994), ISBN 0-85151-660-2
Spurgeon v. Hyper-Calvinism : The Battle for Gospel Preaching, (1995, London: Banner of Truth Trust), ISBN 0-85151-692-0 (pbk)
Pentecost today? : The Biblical Basis for Understanding Revival, (1998), ISBN 0-85151-752-8
Evangelicalism Divided : A Record of Crucial Change in the Years 1950 to 2000, (2000), ISBN 0-85151-783-8