“Confession: A Roman Catholic App” transforms a user’s iPhone into a confession coach of sorts, and walks users through a dry run of what they might encounter in the confessional booth. For about two bucks, churchgoers and rusty Catholics alike can go through the steps of a confessional, from examining their consciences to confessing their sins.

Protected by a user password, the app allows Apple users to custom tailor their confessional experience by creating an account based on their age, sex and vocation. There is also a questionnaire that guides users to check which of the Ten Commandments they have broken lately.

After weathering the skepticism of the blogosphere last week, the Confession app is, one by one, garnering praises from the Catholic community and at least one evangelical.

Like most people, John Mark Reynolds, a professor of philosophy at Biola University and co-editor of The New Media Frontier, initially thought that the app allowed users to confess and receive forgiveness through the iPhone. He told The Christian Post that his first reaction to the app was, “Arghh, another example of failing to understand that physicality matters.”

But after looking more closely at the tool’s features, he said evangelicals should take a cue from their Catholic counterparts on the practice of confessions and checking their “spiritual temperature” with the Ten Commandments.

“A checklist like that is totally compatible with evangelical traditions. Someone like John Calvin or Martin Luther would want you to go through the Ten Commandments and reflect thoughtfully on how you may have broken them,” said Reynolds.

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