Iain Hamish Murray (born 1931) is a British pastor and author. He was educated in the Isle of Man at King William's College. He held a commission 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".
After his military service, Murray studied Philosophy and History at the University of Durham. In 1955 he married Jean Ann Walters and became assistant minister at St. John's Free Church, Summertown, Oxford.
He 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 live in Edinburgh, Scotland.
According to the Monergism.com website, Murray's theological positions are:
5-point CalvinistPaedobaptist (advocates infant baptism)AmillennialCovenant theologyBooks by Iain Murray include:
Australian Christian Life from 1788 : an introduction and an anthology, (1988), ISBN 0-85151-524-XD. Martyn Lloyd-Jones : The First Forty Years, (1982), ISBN 0-85151-353-0D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones : The Fight of Faith, (1990), ISBN 0-85151-564-9The Forgotten Spurgeon, (1966), ISBN 0-85151-156-2Spurgeon and the Church of England, (1966) – a bookletJonathan Edwards : A New Biography, (1988), ISBN 0-85151-494-4The Life of Arthur W. Pink, ISBN 0-85151-883-4The 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-XThe 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 0-85151-660-2Spurgeon 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 0-85151-752-8Evangelicalism Divided : A Record of Crucial Change in the Years 1950 to 2000, (2000), ISBN 0-85151-783-8Diary of Kenneth MacRae : a record of fifty years in the Christian ministry, (1980), ISBN 0-85151-297-6The Invitation System, (1960), ISBN 0-85151-171-6Letters of Charles Haddon Spurgeon , (1992), ISBN 0-85151-606-8Should the Psalter be the only hymnal of the church?, (2001), ISBN 0-85151-809-5The Reformation of the Church : a collection of Reformed and Puritan documents on Church issues, (1965), ISBN 0-85151-118-X (pbk)The Unresolved Controversy : unity with non-Evangelicals, (2001), ISBN 0-85151-810-9 (pbk)Wesley and Men Who Followed, ISBN 0-85151-835-4Old Evangelicalism – Old Truths for a New Awakening, ISBN 0-85151-901-6The happy man : the abiding witness of Lachlan Mackenzie, (1979), ISBN 0-85151-282-8A Scottish Christian Heritage, (2006), ISBN 0-85151-930-XLloyd-Jones: Messenger of Grace, (2008), ISBN 0-85151-975-XHeroes, (2009), ISBN 978-1-84871-024-5The Undercover Revolution: how fiction changed Britain, (2009), ISBN 978-1-84871-012-2Rest in God: a calamity in contemporary Christianity, (2010), ISBN 978-1-84871-081-8 (booklet)John MacArthur: Servant of the Word and Flock, (2011), ISBN 978-1-84871-112-9Archibald G. Brown: Spurgeon's Successor, (2011), ISBN 978-1-84871-139-6Evangelical Holiness and other addresses, (2013), ISBN 978-1-84871-319-2Amy Carmichael: Beauty for Ashes, (2015), ISBN 978-1-84871-552-3J.C. Ryle: Prepared to Stand Alone, (2016), ISBN 978-1-84871-679-7
