Iain Murray (author) explained

Honorific Prefix:	The Reverend
Iain Murray
Birth Date:	19 April 1931
Birth Place:	Lancashire, England
Education:	University of Durham
Known For:	Assisting Martyn Lloyd-Jones at Westminster Chapel Founding Banner of Truth Trust
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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.

Early life

Iain Murray was born on 19 April 1931.^[1] 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)^[2] 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.^[3] In 1955 he married Jean Ann Walters and became assistant minister at St. John's Free Church, Summertown, Oxford.^{[4] [5]}

Christian work

Murray served as assistant to Martyn Lloyd-Jones at Westminster Chapel^[6] (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,^[7] for which he remains a trustee.

Murray and his wife live in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Theological positions

According to certain sources Murray's theological positions are:^[2]

• 5-point Calvinist
• Paedobaptist (advocates infant baptism)
• Post-millennial^[8]
• Covenant theology

Works

Books by Iain Murray include:

• Australian Christian Life from 1788 : an introduction and an anthology, (1988),
• D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones : The First Forty Years, (1982),
• D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones : The Fight of Faith, (1990),
• The Forgotten Spurgeon, (1966),
• Spurgeon and the Church of England, (1966) – a booklet
• Jonathan Edwards : A New Biography, (1988),
• The Life of Arthur W. Pink,
• The Life of John Murray : Professor of Systematic Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1937–1966, (1984),,
• The Puritan Hope : Revival and the Interpretation of Prophecy, (1971, London: Banner of Truth Trust), (pbk)
• Revival & Revivalism : The Making and Marring of American Evangelicalism 1750–1858, (1994),
• Spurgeon v. Hyper-Calvinism : The Battle for Gospel Preaching, (1995, London: Banner of Truth Trust), (pbk)
• Pentecost today? : The Biblical Basis for Understanding Revival, (1998),
• Evangelicalism Divided : A Record of Crucial Change in the Years 1950 to 2000, (2000),
• Diary of Kenneth MacRae : a record of fifty years in the Christian ministry, (1980),
• The Invitation System, (1960),
• Letters of Charles Haddon Spurgeon , (1992),
• Should the Psalter be the only hymnal of the church?, (2001),
• The Reformation of the Church : a collection of Reformed and Puritan documents on Church issues, (1965), (pbk)
• The Unresolved Controversy : unity with non-Evangelicals, (2001), (pbk)
• Wesley and Men Who Followed,
• Old Evangelicalism – Old Truths for a New Awakening,
• The Happy Man: The Abiding Witness of Lachlan Mackenzie, (1979),
• A Scottish Christian Heritage, (2006),
• Lloyd-Jones: Messenger of Grace, (2008),
• Heroes, (2009),
• The Undercover Revolution: how fiction changed Britain, (2009),
• Rest in God: a calamity in contemporary Christianity, (2010), (booklet)
• John MacArthur: Servant of the Word and Flock, (2011),
• Archibald G. Brown: Spurgeon's Successor, (2011),
• Evangelical Holiness and other addresses, (2013),
• Amy Carmichael: Beauty for Ashes, (2015),
• J. C. Ryle: Prepared to Stand Alone, (2016),

External links

• Web site: Iain H. Murray . 2017-09-06 . biography . Banner of Truth . .
• Web site: Iain Murray . 2017-09-06 . biography . Monergism.com . Christian Publication Resource Foundation . .
• Web site: All articles by Iain H. Murray in Evangelical Times . 2017-09-06 . Evangelical Times .
• The Banner of Truth Trust – "Biblical Christianity through Literature"
• Dr. Andrew David Naselli's review of Iain Murray's Evangelicalism Divided followed by a lengthy annotated bibliography
• Web site: A Revival of Calvinism: An Interview with Iain Murray . 2011-08-01 . 2017-09-06 . .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Iain Murray: Ninety Today . Westminster Presbyterian Theological Seminary . 19 April 2021 . 19 April 2021.
2. Web site: Iain Murray . 2017-09-06 . biography . Monergism.com . Christian Publication Resource Foundation . .
3. Supplement . University of Durham Gazette . 16 August 1954 . 1 (New Series) . 23 . 17 December 2020.
4. Web site: Johnson . Larry G. . Ecumenicalism – The Evangelical Church's misguided group hug – Part I . 2017-02-17 . 2017-09-06 . CultureWarrior.net . .
5. Web site: Iain H. Murray . 2017-09-06 . biography . Banner of Truth . .
6. Book: George . Timothy . Timothy George . J. I. Packer and the Evangelical Future: The Impact of His Life and Thought . 2009-10-01 . Beeson Divinity Studies . . 9780801033872 . 124 .
7. Book: Stein, Stephen J. . The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Edwards . 2007 . Cambridge University Press . 230.
8. Book: Gribben . Crawford . Survival and Resistance in Evangelical America: Christian Reconstruction in the Pacific Northwest . 2021 . . 45 . 978-0-19-937022-1 . 29 October 2022.