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Iain Murray was born on 19 April 1931.<ref name=Ninety>https://www.presbyterianseminary.org.uk/post/iain-murray-ninety-today</ref> | Iain Murray was born on 19 April 1931.<ref name=Ninety>https://www.presbyterianseminary.org.uk/post/iain-murray-ninety-today</ref> | ||
In the summer of 1950 he was commissioned in the [[wikipedia:Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)|Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)]]<ref name=MonergBio>https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/bio/iainmurray.html</ref> [[rifle regiment]] of the British Army, serving in Singapore and Malaya in the suppression of the communist insurgency known as the "[[wikipedia:Malayan Emergency|Malayan Emergency]]". He transferred to the Army reserve in 1955<ref>London Gazette (1 July 1955)</ref> and resigned his commission the following year.<ref>London Gazette (15 June 1956)</ref> | In the summer of 1950 he was commissioned in the [[wikipedia:Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)|Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)]]<ref name=MonergBio>https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/bio/iainmurray.html</ref> [[wikipedia:rifle regiment|rifle regiment]] of the British Army, serving in Singapore and Malaya in the suppression of the communist insurgency known as the "[[wikipedia:Malayan Emergency|Malayan Emergency]]". He transferred to the Army reserve in 1955<ref>London Gazette (1 July 1955)</ref> and resigned his commission the following year.<ref>London Gazette (15 June 1956)</ref> | ||
After his military service, Murray studied Philosophy and History at the [[wikipedia:Durham University|University of Durham]], graduating with a [[wikipedia:Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1954.<ref>http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=bookreader/DU_Gazettes/DUGazetteNS01/DUGazNS01METSfile.xml#page/104/mode/2up</ref> In 1955 he married Jean Ann Walters and became assistant minister at [[St. John's Free Church (Summertown, Oxford)]].<ref>http://www.culturewarrior.net/2017/02/17/ecumenicalism-the-evangelical-churchs-misguided-group-hug-part-i/</ref><ref name=BannerBio>https://banneroftruth.org/us/about/banner-authors/iain-h-murray/</ref> | After his military service, Murray studied Philosophy and History at the [[wikipedia:Durham University|University of Durham]], graduating with a [[wikipedia:Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1954.<ref>http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=bookreader/DU_Gazettes/DUGazetteNS01/DUGazNS01METSfile.xml#page/104/mode/2up</ref> In 1955 he married Jean Ann Walters and became assistant minister at [[St. John's Free Church (Summertown, Oxford)]].<ref>http://www.culturewarrior.net/2017/02/17/ecumenicalism-the-evangelical-churchs-misguided-group-hug-part-i/</ref><ref name=BannerBio>https://banneroftruth.org/us/about/banner-authors/iain-h-murray/</ref> | ||
==Christian work== | ==Christian work== | ||
Murray served as assistant to [[Martyn Lloyd-Jones]] at [[Westminster Chapel]]<ref name="TGeorge">George, Timothy, ed. (1 October 2009). ''J. I. Packer and the Evangelical Future: The Impact of His Life and Thought''. Beeson Divinity Studies. Baker Academic. p. 124. ISBN 9780801033872.</ref> (1956–59) and subsequently at Grove Chapel, [[London]] (1961–69) and St. Giles Presbyterian Church, [[wikipedia:Sydney|Sydney]], [[wikipedia:Australia|Australia]], (1981–84). In 1957 he and [[Jack Cullum]] founded the Reformed publishing house, the [[Banner of Truth Trust]],<ref name="SJStein">Stein, Stephen J. (2007). ''The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Edwards''. Cambridge University Press. p. 230.</ref> for which he remains a trustee. | Murray served as assistant to [[Martyn Lloyd-Jones]] at [[Westminster Chapel]]<ref name="TGeorge">George, Timothy, ed. (1 October 2009). ''J. I. Packer and the Evangelical Future: The Impact of His Life and Thought''. Beeson Divinity Studies. Baker Academic. p. 124. ISBN 9780801033872.</ref> (1956–59) and subsequently at Grove Chapel, [[wikipedia:London|London]] (1961–69) and St. Giles Presbyterian Church, [[wikipedia:Sydney|Sydney]], [[wikipedia:Australia|Australia]], (1981–84). In 1957 he and [[Jack Cullum]] founded the Reformed publishing house, the [[Banner of Truth Trust]],<ref name="SJStein">Stein, Stephen J. (2007). ''The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Edwards''. Cambridge University Press. p. 230.</ref> for which he remains a trustee. | ||
Murray and his wife live in [[wikipedia:Edinburgh|Edinburgh]], [[wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]]. | Murray and his wife live in [[wikipedia:Edinburgh|Edinburgh]], [[wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]]. | ||
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*[[Calvinism#Five Points of Calvinism|5-point Calvinist]] | *[[Calvinism#Five Points of Calvinism|5-point Calvinist]] | ||
*[[Infant baptism|Paedobaptist]] (advocates infant baptism) | *[[Infant baptism|Paedobaptist]] (advocates infant baptism) | ||
*[[Post-millennialism|Post-millennial]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gribben |first1=Crawford |title=Survival and Resistance in Evangelical America: Christian Reconstruction in the Pacific Northwest |date=2021 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |page=45 |isbn=978-0-19-937022-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q78cEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA45 |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref> | *[[Post-millennialism|Post-millennial]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gribben |first1=Crawford |title=Survival and Resistance in Evangelical America: Christian Reconstruction in the Pacific Northwest |date=2021 |publisher=[[wikipedia:Oxford University Press|Oxford University Press]] |page=45 |isbn=978-0-19-937022-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q78cEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA45 |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref> | ||
*[[Covenant theology]] | *[[Covenant theology]] | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
*{{cite web|title= Iain H. Murray |accessdate= 2017-09-06 |type= biography |website= Banner of Truth |publisher= [[Banner of Truth Trust]] |url= https://banneroftruth.org/us/about/banner-authors/iain-h-murray/}} | *{{cite web|title= Iain H. Murray |accessdate= 2017-09-06 |type= biography |website= Banner of Truth |publisher= [[Banner of Truth Trust]] |url= https://banneroftruth.org/us/about/banner-authors/iain-h-murray/}} | ||
*{{cite web|title= Iain Murray |accessdate= 2017-09-06 |type= biography |website= Monergism.com |publisher= Christian Publication Resource Foundation |location= [[Portland, Oregon]] |url= https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/bio/iainmurray.html}} | *{{cite web|title= Iain Murray |accessdate= 2017-09-06 |type= biography |website= Monergism.com |publisher= Christian Publication Resource Foundation |location= [[wikipedia:Portland, Oregon|Portland, Oregon]] |url= https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/bio/iainmurray.html}} | ||
*{{cite web|title= All articles by Iain H. Murray in Evangelical Times |accessdate= 2017-09-06 |website= Evangelical Times |url= https://www.evangelical-times.org/articles/author-posts/?author=Iain%20H.%20Murray}} | *{{cite web|title= All articles by Iain H. Murray in Evangelical Times |accessdate= 2017-09-06 |website= Evangelical Times |url= https://www.evangelical-times.org/articles/author-posts/?author=Iain%20H.%20Murray}} | ||
*[http://www.banneroftruth.org/ The Banner of Truth Trust] – "Biblical Christianity through Literature" | *[http://www.banneroftruth.org/ The Banner of Truth Trust] – "Biblical Christianity through Literature" | ||